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Neuro-ophthalmological Pain

Diagnosis and Treatment

  • 1st Edition - January 23, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: R. Silva-Néto, Kathleen B. Digre
  • Language: English

Neuro-ophthalmological Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment is written to address the many problems faced by patients with ocular pain of neurological origin. These patients are often… Read more

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Description

Neuro-ophthalmological Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment is written to address the many problems faced by patients with ocular pain of neurological origin. These patients are often incorrectly referred to ophthalmologists and otolaryngologists to diagnose eye problems or sinus disease, respectively. While these ailments are neurological in nature, the average time between the onset of pain and a visit to a neurologist is 13 years. By this point, many patients have received at least one wrong diagnosis. Additionally, some patients have undergone several unnecessary investigative tests, received improper or flawed treatment, and continued to suffer. Neuro-ophthalmological Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment contains information on a multitude of often-overlooked ailments in a single, comprehensive volume, for use by the neurologist as well as for all practitioners looking to guide their patients toward appropriate care. It will provide potentially life-changing information for those with ocular pain with decreased vision, ocular pain with ophthalmoplegia or ophthalmoparesis, ocular pain with papilledema, ocular pain with autonomic manifestations, and ocular pain that has overlap with ocular disorders. Neuro-ophthalmological Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment is a powerful tool in helping physicians establish correct diagnoses, so that they may either provide proper treatment or refer their patients to the correct medical specialists.

Key features

• Addresses the diagnosis and treatment of ocular pain of neurological origin
• Describes many likely-unfamiliar types of ocular pain
• Presents a new classification system for ocular pain, facilitating proper diagnosis

Readership

Physicians who care for patients with ocular pain, especially neurologists, neurosurgeons, ophthalmologists, and otorhinolaryngologists

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Definitions of medical terms

3. Headache classification

4. Classification of neuro-ophthalmological pains

5. Clinical history and neuroophthalmological examination

6. Ocular pain with decreased vision

7. Ocular pain with diplopia or ophthalmoparesis or ophthalmoplegia

8. Ocular pain with papilledema

9. Ocular pain with autonomic manifestations

10. Other ocular pains

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 30, 2026
  • Language: English

About the authors

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R. Silva-Néto

Dr. Silva Néto is a neurologist and a headache specialist who has dedicated himself to the study of headaches for 25 years. He has doctorate and postdoctoral degrees in neurology; the theses for both were on headaches. He is a translator of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, Third Edition (ICHD-3) into Portuguese, authorized by the International Headache Society (IHS). He has written eight books and published 99 scientific articles, including many on ocular pain.
Affiliations and expertise
Federal University of the Parnaíba Delta, Brazil

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Kathleen B. Digre

Kathleen B. Digre, MD, specializes in neuro-ophthalmology and headache and practices at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. She evaluates and treats complex visual complaints which can be due to optic nerve or brain disease. Dr. Digre sees patients with complex neuro-ophthalmic disorders such as papilledema, photophobia, visual loss, and diplopia. She also treats migraine headaches and other unusual headache disorders. She is listed in Best Doctors in America.

Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Professor Ophthalmology, University of Utah School of Medicine; Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Moran Eye Center at University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, USA

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