Ophthalmic pathology : the evolution of modern concepts /

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 disea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Margo, Curtis E. (Author), Cheng, John Y. (Author), Espana, Edgar M. (Author), Filutowski, Oliver (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Early modern notions of cancer
  • Modern notion of carcinoma in situ
  • Conjunctival squamous epithelial dysplasia and carcinoma in situ
  • Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma
  • Conjunctival nevus
  • Conjunctival melanosis and melanoma
  • Iris melanoma
  • Choroidal and ciliary body melanoma, the Callender legacy
  • Choroidal and ciliary body melanoma: the reign of light microscopy
  • Choroidal and ciliary body melanoma, the Zimmerman hypothesis
  • Intraocular tumors mistaken for melanoma
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Retinoma/retinocytoma
  • Intraocular lymphoma
  • Intraocular medulloepithelioma
  • In situ lymphoma
  • Perspectives on systemic and ophthalmic infections
  • Emerging ophthalmic infectious diseases: new or not?
  • Nematodes that affect the eye
  • Uveal granulomas
  • Sympathetic ophthalmia
  • Scleritis
  • Corneal stromal dystrophies
  • Corneal endothelial dystrophy
  • Glaucoma an optic neuropathy
  • Glaucoma and the obstruction of outflow
  • Preretinal membranes
  • Age-related macular degeneration
  • Retinitis pigmentosa/retinal dystrophy
  • Proliferative retinopathy and vitreoretinopathy
  • Non-glaucomatous optic nerve injury - a sampler
  • Vasculitis one example among many
  • Amyloid
  • Ocular paraneoplastic syndromes
  • Phthisis bulbi
  • Iatrogenic disorders
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Sebaceous carcinoma
  • Melanoma of eyelid and periocular skin
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of eyelid
  • Fibrous tumors, a sampler
  • Ocular adnexal lymphoid hyperplasia
  • Ocular adnexal lymphomas
  • An indolent ocular adnexal lymphoma
  • Nonspecific orbital inflammation
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Histiocytosis
  • Xanthomatous disorders of periocular skin and orbit
  • Orbital meningioma
  • Optic nerve glioma
  • Epithelial neoplasms of the lacrimal gland
  • Extragonadal germ cell tumors
  • Vascular tumors and malformations
  • Leukemia
  • Neurocristopathy
  • Histochemistry and immunohistochemistry
  • Clinical-pathologic correlation
  • Cancer staging and tumor grading
  • Specialization and training.