Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca and Filamentary Keratopathy In Vivo Morphology in the Human Cornea and Conjunctiva /

• Main Author: Tabery, Helena M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book presents in vivo captured high-magnification images of two conditions:  keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common disease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopathy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly associated with KCS. Although most of the images...

Table of Contents:

• Ocular Surface Changes in Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: The Mucus in the Preocular Tear Film
• The Corneal Surface
• The Conjunctival Surface
• Case Reports
• Corneal Epitheliopathy After Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO). Filamentary Keratopathy: The Morphology and Dynamics of Filaments
• Case Reports.