CLINICA MEDICA CHIRURGICA DEGLI ORGANI DI SENSO. ODONTOSTOMATOLOGIA - channel 1

6 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

ROSALIA MARIA LEONARDI - Module ODONTOSTOMATOLOGIA - MED/28 - 2 CFU
TERESIO AVITABILE - Module Diseases of the Eye and Visual System - MED/30 - 2 CFU
CALOGERO GRILLO - Module OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA - MED/31 - 2 CFU
LUIGI MAIOLINO - Module OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA

Learning Objectives

Diseases of the Eye and Visual System
to provide knowledges on the pathophysiology, symptoms and signs of the diseases of the eye and of the visual system in children and adults

to give expertise in clinical diagnosis, functional and instrumental semeiotics, medical and surgical therapy.
OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
Acquisition of theoretical, scientific and professional knowledge for the

carrying out assistance and rehabilitation activities in the field of physiopathology and disease clinic

pediatric and adult otolaryngology with specific expertise in functional semeiotics e

instrumental, in the methodology and in the medical-rehabilitative therapy of the auditory system.

Course Structure

Diseases of the Eye and Visual System
traditional lectures

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
frontal lessons

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote way, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

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.

PATHOLOGIES OF THE OPTIC NERVE: papillitis, optic neuritis, hemianopsia, quadranopsia, cortical blindness

OCULAR TUMORS: melanoma - retinoblastoma

OCULAR TRAUMATOLOGY: Foreign bodies - Corneal lesions - Acute retinal damages - Mechanical injuries of the ocular globe.
OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
Knowledge of anatomy-physiology of the auditory system and of the upper respiratory-digestive tracts.

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)
OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
-Trattato di Otorinolaringoiatria - G. Rossi. Ed. Minerva Medica
- Otorinolaringoiatria E. De Campora, P. Pagnini. Ed. Elsevier
- Clinica otorinolaringoiatrica. Basi anatomo-funzionali, patologiche e cliniche delle grandi sindromi e delle malattie – M. Maurizi. Piccin-Nuova Libraria.

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