Teaching eye pathology
Conjunctival mapping biopsies from an elderly patient This conjunctival specimen is folded, which is why we have epithelium on the top and bottom of the image. The epithelium is disorganised and has lost its normal maturation pattern. That is, for much of the specimen we don't have a neat basal row of small cells with… Continue reading Eye pathology case 12
Here's a case that I came across recently. I know I said in my last post I'd concentrate on common or exam-type diagnoses, but this one is a useful clinical pitfall to know about. Young adult with a subconjunctival pigmented area ?melanoma This medium power image shows fibroconnective tissue with no identifiable epithelium. Centrally, there… Continue reading Eye pathology case 2
No live microscopy session this month as I was teaching the ophthalmology trainees at Moorfields Eye Hospital. The theme for the afternoon was cancer. Cancer cases form a relatively small proportion of our workload in the Department of Eye Pathology (around 10%) but the care of patients with cancer has certain aspects that don't apply… Continue reading Moorfields HDT – February 2019
In this month's session we welcomed back Simon and Alejandro from the Royal Veterinary College as well as Institute of Ophthalmology researchers Alison, Beatriz and Karla. We started with a case of Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy, which led to a chat about granular dystrophy variants and other TGFBI-associated dystrophies. Other cases included eye trauma and intraocular… Continue reading Microscopy October 2017
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