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Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2003 Thoroughly revised, this second edition text focuses on a case based learning approach which features decision making information presented in algorithmic format. Sections covered include the anatomy of the orbit, pathophysiologic and anatomic principles in classifying, diagnosing and investigating orbital disease, also diseases of the orbit and the management of those diseases. New topics include orbital ultrasound, gamma scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, incidence of lesions by location, management of complex vascular lesions, granulomatous inflammations of the orbit, and orbital atrophy. A conceptual model is presented and a new classification scheme discussed. Several chapters have been updated in this edition and there are many illustrations

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Author:   Jack Rootman
Publisher:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Imprint:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   2.019kg
ISBN:  

9780781715126

ISBN 10:   0781715121
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   26 October 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

PART A. BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE OF THE ORBIT:ANATOMIC AND IMAGING FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jack Rootman, Robert A. Nugent, and Bruce Stewart ANATOMIC PATTERNS OF ORBITAL DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Jack Rootman PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC PATTERNS OF ORBITAL DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Jack Rootman DISTRIBUTION AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ORBITAL DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Jack Rootman, Wilma Chang, and Dean Jones PART B. PATIENT ENCOUNTER AN APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Jack Rootman CONFIRMATORY INVESTIGATION OF ORBITAL DISEASE AND EFFECT ON FUNCTION . . 97 Jack Rootman PART C. DISEASES OF THE ORBIT THE PATHOLOGIC BASIS OF ORBITAL DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Valerie A. White and Jack Rootman THYROID ORBITOPATHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Jack Rootman and Peter J. Dolman NEOPLASIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Jack Rootman LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE, LEUKEMIC, AND HISTIOCYTIC LESIONS OF THE ORBIT . . . 385 Jack Rootman, Valerie A. White, Joseph M. Connors, and Randy D. Gascoyne STRUCTURAL LESIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Jack Rootman INFLAMMATORY DISEASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Jack Rootman VASCULAR LESIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Jack Rootman, Tom R. Marotta, and Douglas A. Graeb DEGENERATIONS AND DEPOSITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Jack Rootman Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

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