The Sclera
The Sclera is the definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with in-depth chapters on non-infectious scleritis, infectious sclertitis, non-inflammatory diseases of the sclera, and systemic implications of scleral disease. Basic p
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Maite Sainz de la Maza • Joseph Tauber C. Stephen Foster
The Sclera Second Edition
Maite Sainz de la Maza, MD, PhD Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Clinical Institute of Ophthalmology Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Urgel 224, Barcelona 08036, Spain [email protected]
Joseph Tauber, MD Tauber Eye Center 4400 Broadway, Suite 202 Kansas City, MO 64111, USA [email protected]
C. Stephen Foster, MD Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution Cambridge, MA 02142, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6501-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6502-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6502-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012930382 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To our children: Alejandro and Eduardo Zaballos Sainz de la Maza Allyson, Jessica, and David Tauber Marc Foster And our grandchildren: Abigail, Carson, and Charles Foster
Preface
Dr. Sainz de la Maza published the first edition of this text on the sclera over 18 years ago, as a consequence of Dr. Sainz de la Maza being unable to find a copy of a monograph on the subject by Dr. Hazleman and Mr. Watson upon her return to Spain after her fellowship in Boston with me in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis. She had fallen in love with my copy of that book, and was stunned and depressed when she discovered that it was out of print and that none of the libraries in Barcelona possessed a copy of the book. Cunning catalan that she is, she connived to obtain a Fulbright scholarship to return to Boston for another year of fellowship with me, with the prime objective of exploiting my collection of patients with scleritis (and me) for the production of a book on the sclera. The text turned out to be a huge success, selling out, and hence the invitation from Springer Verlag was forthcoming for us to produce a second e
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