Main description:

This book is a comprehensive overview of blepharitis that covers the various types of this common and challenging entity.

Concise and unique, chapters are clinically focused, providing an equal emphasis on the medical as well as surgical management of this condition. The book concludes with a look at future directions in the field as they pertain to diagnosis and management.

Blepharitis is an invaluable reference written specifically for comprehensive ophthalmologists, cornea and external disease specialists, residents, fellows, and optometrists.

Contents:

Introduction

Anterior blepharitis

Posterior blepharitis

Local and systemic associations

Diagnostic tools

Sebaceous cell carcinoma: masquerade syndrome

Medical management

Surgical management

Conclusions and future directions