Teaching eye pathology
Persistent eyelid lump First, some background orientation. Here's a normal full-thickness eyelid. Epithelium forms a continuous cover of the surfaces, with epidermis at the top and conjunctiva at the bottom. Beneath the epidermis lies skeletal muscle (orbicularis). Deep to that lies the tarsal plate. The tarsal plate consists of dense fibroconnective tissue and the meibomian… Continue reading Eye pathology case 5
No teaching session this month - just as well, with the BAOP meeting coming up and arrangements to make! There was some interest in a retinal photo I shared on Twitter yesterday, so I'm taking the opportunity to talk a little about retinal histology here. The image I originally tweeted was of retina from an… Continue reading Retinal histology
Thanks to everyone who participated in this month’s teaching session. This was our first session with the new teaching microscope system which has been very kindly funded by Friends of Moorfields. The new system means that we can cater for a much larger attendance than previously. This month we had attendees from Moorfields, from the… Continue reading Microscopy session October 2016
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