Main description:

Ophthalmic Pathology: The Evolution of Current Concepts examines how our current understanding of morphologic disease, nomenclature and classification over the last century came about. The book explores the historical context and the modern trends of ocular nosology, emphasizing the science of disease classification. Chapters highlight major studies and developments surrounding approximately 50 disorders whose diagnoses are established by pathology, corresponding to a historical road map of current nomenclature, methods of disease classification, and the role of diagnostic morphology. Using a streamlined, highly illustrated format, this book provides a unique historic and evolutionary perspective into current views on the morphology of eye disease.

Contents:

Part I. Conjunctival and Ocular Neoplasia 1. Modern notion of cancer 2. In situ cancer 3. Epithelial tumors of conjunctiva 4. Conjunctival dysplasia and carcinoma in situ 5. Melanocytic tumors of conjunctiva 6. In situ melanoma 7. Uveal melanoma 8. Intraocular melanocytoma 9. Retinoblastoma 10. Retinocytoma 11. Ocular lymphoma 12. Medulloepithelioma 13. Hamartoma and choristoma

Part II. Conjunctival and Ocular Inflammations 1. Conjunctivitis 2. Sympathetic ophthalmia 3. Lens-induced inflammation 4. Toxocariasis 5. Intraocular granulomatous inflammation 6. Autoimmune inflammation of cornea and sclera 7. Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia

Part III. Ocular and Conjunctival Degenerations and Miscellaneous 1. Pterygium and pinguecula 2. Stromal dystrophies of the cornea 3. Corneal endothelial proliferations 4. Open-angle glaucoma 5. Cataracts and artificial intraocular lenses 6. Cavernous degeneration of optic nerve 7. Epiretinal membranes 8. Age-related macular degeneration 9. Papilledema

Part IV. Eyelid and Orbit 1. Basal cell carcinoma 2. Sebaceous carcinoma 3. Squamous cell carcinoma 4. Adnexal cancers 5. Mesenchymal tumors 6. Indolent lymphomas 7. High-grade lymphomas 8. Idiopathic inflammations 9. Rhabdomyosarcoma 10. Langerhans histiocytosis 11. Xanthomatous inflammations 12. Optic nerve meningioma 13. Optic nerve glioma 14. Germ cell tumors 15. Vascular tumors and malformations 16. The leukemias

Part V. The Influencers 1. Histochemistry 2. Electron microscopy 3. Immunohistochemistry 4. Adjuvant laboratory studies and molecular diagnostics 5. Cytology 6. Cancer grading and staging 7. Subspecialty training