Neuro-Ophthalmology

Matthew Thurtell, MBBS, is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at the University of Iowa, with appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Department of Neurology. He is Director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the University of Iowa, where has been on faculty since 2010. His clinical practice incorporates the spectrum of neuro-ophthalmic disorders. His research interests include eye movement disorders and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. He is currently Study Co-Director for the Surgical Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension trial (SIGHT). Robert L. Tomsak, MD, PhD is Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Specialist in Neuro-ophthalmology at Kresge Eye Institute. He has practiced neuro-ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland and University Hospitals of Cleveland before moving to Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit in2010. His clinical practice includes a wide variety of neuro-ophthalmic disorders. His current research interests include the use of multifocal ERG in the diagnosis of nutritional amblyopia and the use of OCT and OCT-A in assessing papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

This updated edition is a worthy entry in the field and is a must-read for ophthalmologists at all levels. The short, but concise nature of the book leaves no excuses not to do so. The information it contains can potentially aid in a more rapid and accurate diagnosis of patients who come in with neuro-ophthalmologic complaints.

• Section I: Afferent Disorders1. Optic Neuritis2. Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy3. Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy4. Compressive Optic Neuropathy5. Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy6. Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy7. Neuroretinitis8. Papilledema9. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension10. Pseudopapilledema11. Chiasmal Syndromes12. Homonymous Hemianopia13. Disorders of Higher Visual Function14. Visual Auras, Hallucinations, and Illusions15. Transient Vision Loss16. Unexplained Vision Loss17. Non-Organic Vision Loss Section II. Efferent Disorders18. Third Nerve Palsy19. Fourth Nerve Palsy20. Sixth Nerve Palsy21. Intermittent Diplopia22. Ocular Myasthenia23. Infranuclear Ophthalmoplegia24. Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia25. Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia26. Gaze-Evoked Nystagmus27. Downbeat Nystagmus28. Upbeat Nystagmus29. Pendular Nystagmus30. Infantile Nystagmus 31. Saccadic Intrusions and Dysmetria Section III: Eyelid Disorders32. Eyelid Ptosis33. Benign Essential Blepharospasm Section IV: Pupil Disorders34. Anisocoria35. Horner's Syndrome36. Tonic Pupil Section V: Orbital and Mischellaneous Disorders37. Thyroid Eye Disease38. Syndromes of the Orbital Apex, Superior Orbital Fissure, and Cavernous Sinus39. Carotid-Cavernous Fistula40. Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome