Teaching eye pathology
I recently received a query as to whether I've come across corneal copper deposition, as we might see in the Kayser-Fleischer ring of Wilson disease. Not sure who Kayser, Fleischer or Wilson were? Here's a little information. There's a nice picture of the clinical appearance and an overview of Wilson disease here. On checking our… Continue reading Eye pathology case 16
Cornea from a young adult with gradually worsening vision This low power image shows a full thickness cornea with a little artefactual creasing. Remember, the 5 layers are: epithelium, Bowman's layer, stroma, Descemet's membrane and endothelium. The stroma is perhaps a little thinned towards the right of centre, and there is subtle scarring in the… Continue reading Eye pathology case 15
Enucleation specimen The patient is an elderly male. The reason for surgery is a choroidal melanoma, but I'm not going to show that in this post: there's something else of note. This low power image shows the anterior segment (cornea, iris, ciliary body and lens). The feature of interest is that instead of having a… Continue reading Eye pathology case 14
Incidental finding in an enucleation specimen I took a little break from pathology last week and shared a fiction reading post from my other website. Back to some interesting (I hope!) cases now. This low power image is centred on the ciliary body and adjacent sclera. It also shows the limbus (on the right) with… Continue reading Eye pathology case 13
