Rootman Jack (ed.) Orbital Disease: Present Status and Future Challenges

CRC Press, 2005. — 410 p. — ISBN: 9780824740894Summarizing discussions from the Vancouver Orbital Symposium, this reference assembles recent perspectives from world renowned orbital specialists, pathologists, radiologists, and scientists to highlight advances and challenges in the diagnosis and management of orbital disease-covering recent aspects of orbital inflammatory and infectious disorders, issues in oncology, thyroid disease, and orbital vascular disorders, as well as topics concerning the future of imaging and orbital surgery.Orbital Inflammatory Disease
Orbital Inflammatory Disease: Classification and New Insights
Changing Paradigms in the Treatment of Inflammatory Disorders
Bacterial Infections of the Orbit: Current Status and Future Challenges
Inflammation: Definitions, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Contributions to Disease
Future and Emerging Treatments for Microbial Infections
Oncology
The Science and Value of Lymphoma Classification
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Epithelial Lacrimal Gland Tumors: Pathologic Classification and Current Understanding
Chemotherapy of Epithelial Lesions: New Approaches and Directions
Malignant Lacrimal Gland Tumors
The Management of Optic Nerve Sheath and Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
Gliomas of the Anterior Visual Pathway
Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Optic Nerve and Meningeal Lesions
Thyroid Orbitopathy
Pathogenesis of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy: Principal Antigens and Significance of Corresponding Antibodies
Phenotypic Attributes of Orbital Fibroblasts Underlie Their Susceptibility in Graves’ Disease
Somatostatin Analogs in Ophthalmic and Orbital Disease: A Rationale for Their Use
Predictors of Disease Severity in Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy
Prognostic Factors
Relationship Between Thyroid Disorders and Orbitopathy, Including Management Factors
Monitoring Activity of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
VISA Classification for Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy
Current Medical Management of Thyroid Orbitopathy
Surgical Paradigms in the Management of Thyroid Orbitopathy
Graves’ Orbitopathy: New and Future Treatment
Management Controversies and Preferences in Thyroid Orbitopathy: Panel Discussion and Question Period
Vascular Intervention
A New Technique in Managing Distensible Venous Vascular Malformations of the Orbit
Vascular Intervention: Current and Future Opportunities
The Future
The Future of Imaging in Orbital Disease
The Future of Orbital Surgery