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
LUIGI MAIOLINO - Module OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA - MED/31 - 2 CFU
SALVATORE GIUSEPPE COCUZZA - 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.

Course Structure

Diseases of the Eye and Visual System
traditional lectures

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.

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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