Cornea

Object:

To comprehend the underlined diseases, including the etiology, clinical features and treatments.

1)keratodermatomalacia;

2) neurotrophic keratitis;

3) exposurekeratitis and

4) Mooren’s ulcer.

The knowledge need advanced comprehension are

1) the pathophysiologic process of keratitis;

2) the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of bacterial/viral/fungi keratitis, and the corresponding treatments ;

3) the clinical features and therapy of corneal ulcer caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Contents

Anatomy /physiology/pathology of cornea;

Inflammation & infectionof cornea

Outline ( etiology/pathology/diagnosis/therapy)

Bacterial keratitis(clinical feature/therapy; pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal ulcer as an example)

Fungi keratitis(clinical feature/therapy)

Herpes simplex keratitis (clinical feature/therapy)

Neurotrophic keratitis (clinical feature/therapy)

Exposure keratitis (clinical feature/therapy)

Mooren’s ulcer (clinical feature/therapy)

Keratodematomalacia (etiology/clinical feature/therapy)

Keratoconus (etiology/clinical feature/therapy)