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Anterior to posterior “tour” of ocular disease processes
Author(s) -
Van Ginderdeuren R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2017.02154
Subject(s) - enucleation , medicine , sympathetic ophthalmia , retinoblastoma , evisceration (ophthalmology) , melanoma , differential diagnosis , posterior segment of eyeball , metastasis , fine needle aspiration , eye enucleation , fundus (uterus) , biopsy , pathology , surgery , dermatology , ophthalmology , cancer , uveitis , biochemistry , chemistry , alternative medicine , cancer research , gene
Summary In this part of the course the most important pathology of the internal eye structures will be explained from front to back side of the eye. The malignant tumours of adults (melanoma, metastasis, lymphoma) and children (retinoblastoma) will be covered, but also the differential diagnosis and important consequences of non‐malignant diseases (sympathetic ophthalmia). Newer technologies can be incorporated in the pathologic examination which can have far reaching consequences for the patients. Enucleation and the difference with evisceration specimens will be discussed. Newer methods for fine needle aspiration biopsy (in solid tumours) and vitreo‐retinal biopsies in malignant and inflammatory processes will be explained.