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PATOLOGIA OCULARE SEMEIOTICA E ORTOTTICA

Teaching Staff

TERESIO AVITABILE - Module Diseases of the Eye and Visual System - MED/30 - 3 CFU
MICHELE REIBALDI - Module SEMEIOTICA OCULARE - MED/30 - 3 CFU
FRANCESCA DE VITA - Module ORTOTTICA II - MED/50 - 4 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• Diseases of the Eye and Visual System
  

  ANATOMY AND OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY.
  
  OCULAR SEMEIOTICS.
  
  REFRACTION AND AMBLYOPIA
  
  STRABOLOGY: concomitant and paralytic strabismus
  
  PATHOLOGY OF ORBIT AND ANNEXES: Exophthalmos - Blepharitis - Conjunctivitis - DacriocistitiS.
  
  CORNEAL PATHOLOGY: Keratites - Keratoconus.
  
  PATHOLOGIES OF THE LENS
  
  PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GLAUCOMA: Pathophysiology of hydrodynamics of aqueous humor, diagnostics and therapy of glaucoma.
  
  UVEAL PATHOLOGIES: Uveitis
  
  RETINAL DISEASES: Macular degeneration - Vascular pathology - Retinal detachment - Diabetic retinopathy - Hypertensive retinopathy - Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) - other types of retinopathy.
  
  OCULAR TUMORS: melanoma - retinoblastoma
  
  OCULAR TRAUMATOLOGY: Foreign bodies - Corneal lesions - Acute retinal damages - Mechanical injuries of the ocular globe.

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Textbook Information

• Diseases of the Eye and Visual System
  

  S. Miglior, T. Avitabile, S. Bonini, E. Campos, L. Mastropasqua: “Malattie dell’apparato visivo” - 2014, EdiSES s.r.l. Napoli.

  Jack J: KANSKI: "Oftalmologia Clinica" - Elsevier Italia Srl, 2004 (edizione italiana a cura di R. Brancato, C. Azzolini)

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