Eye Pathology: An Illustrated Guide

✍ Scribed by Steffen Heegaard, Hans Grossniklaus (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 742
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive, in-depth, and up-to-date resource on eye pathology that will be of great practical value for ophthalmic and general pathologists and ophthalmologists. Congenital abnormalities, inflammatory conditions, infections, injuries, degenerative diseases, and tumors are all covered with the aid of more than 700 images. In the case of tumors, the wide variety of neoplasms that occur in the eyelid, conjunctiva, retina, uveal tract, lacrimal gland and sac, orbit, and optic nerve are comprehensively reviewed, and the most recent knowledge on the relation between genetics and prognosis is presented. Entries on specific diseases are organized in a standard way, with information on etiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathological characteristics, differential diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis. The authors are all recognized experts and members of the European and American ophthalmic pathology societies.​

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
The Eye....Pages 1-39
Conjunctiva....Pages 41-77
Cornea....Pages 79-154
The Sclera....Pages 155-172
The Crystalline Lens....Pages 173-195
Glaucoma....Pages 197-232
Optic Nerve....Pages 233-264
Pathology of the Vitreous....Pages 265-306
Retina....Pages 307-401
The Uvea....Pages 403-441
Eyelid Pathology....Pages 443-546
The Orbit, Including the Lacrimal Gland and Lacrimal Drainage System....Pages 547-731
Back Matter....Pages 733-739

✦ Subjects

Pathology; Ophthalmology; Oncology