OPHTHALMIC PATHOLOGY, THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CONCEPTS

Part I. Conjunctival and Ocular Neoplasia
1. Modern notion of cancer
2. In situ cancer
3. Epithelial tumors of conjunctiva
4. Conjunctival dysplasia and carcinoma in situ
5. Melanocytic tumors of conjunctiva
6. In situ melanoma
7. Uveal melanoma
8. Intraocular melanocytoma
9. Retinoblastoma
10. Retinocytoma
11. Ocular lymphoma
12. Medulloepithelioma
13. Hamartoma and choristoma

Part II. Conjunctival and Ocular Inflammations
1. Conjunctivitis
2. Sympathetic ophthalmia
3. Lens-induced inflammation
4. Toxocariasis
5. Intraocular granulomatous inflammation
6. Autoimmune inflammation of cornea and sclera
7. Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia

Part III. Ocular and Conjunctival Degenerations and Miscellaneous
1. Pterygium and pinguecula
2. Stromal dystrophies of the cornea
3. Corneal endothelial proliferations
4. Open-angle glaucoma
5. Cataracts and artificial intraocular lenses
6. Cavernous degeneration of optic nerve
7. Epiretinal membranes
8. Age-related macular degeneration
9. Papilledema

Part IV. Eyelid and Orbit
1. Basal cell carcinoma
2. Sebaceous carcinoma
3. Squamous cell carcinoma
4. Adnexal cancers
5. Mesenchymal tumors
6. Indolent lymphomas
7. High-grade lymphomas
8. Idiopathic inflammations
9. Rhabdomyosarcoma
10. Langerhans histiocytosis
11. Xanthomatous inflammations
12. Optic nerve meningioma
13. Optic nerve glioma
14. Germ cell tumors
15. Vascular tumors and malformations
16. The leukemias

Part V. The Influencers
1. Histochemistry
2. Electron microscopy
3. Immunohistochemistry
4. Adjuvant laboratory studies and molecular diagnostics
5. Cytology
6. Cancer grading and staging
7. Subspecialty training

• Includes illustrations showing basic principles and relevant morphologic features of different conditions
• Provides insights into the limitations of morphologic diagnoses
• Discusses a wide range of disorders, including ophthalmic pathology of the eye, conjunctiva and optic nerve

Author
Curtis E. Margo, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Chief, Section of Ophthalmology, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL; Former, Dorothy Daniels Professor of Ophthalmic Pathology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA