Review
Ophthalmology and general medicine
Alec Karseras
Department of
Ophthalmology, St Woolos Hospital, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, Newport,
Gwent,UK
Correspondence to: Mr A Karseras, The Laurels, 27 Penlline Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 2AA, UK
Submitted 8 February
1999;
Accepted 27 October 1999
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Introduction |
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This ophthalmological perspective of general medicine attempts to deal with the more common situations encountered clinically in general ophthalmic practice. Some priority has been given to the clinical usefulness of data. A comprehensive review would involve a wide range of rare conditions and has not been attempted. However, some mention of rarities is made in the context of important differential diagnoses.
The emphasis on vascular phenomena and somatisation syndromes reflects their preponderance in clinical practice.
Pathology of the peripituitary area, although important, is comparatively uncommon in ophthalmological practice. This and other affectations of the central nervous system giving rise to the subspecialty of neuro-ophthalmology, are not included in this review.
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Headache |
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Headache is a common, if not the commonest presentation symptom in
clinical practice. A considerable number of patients with this symptom
are referred to ophthalmologists. Ostensibly this is to exclude an
ophthalmic cause. Without a relationship to prolonged use of
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