Abstract
This chapter provides basic and useful information about handling and processing eye specimens as well as diagnosing common diseases encountered by ophthalmic pathologists. Each section is devoted to a specific part of the eye (cornea, conjunctiva, iris and cilliary body, choroid, retina, vitreous, and the optic nerve), providing useful pearls about the basic anatomy, disease processes, special staining, and tissue processing.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Albert D, Syed N, Cancer Committee CoAP (2001) Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with retinoblastoma: a basis for checklists. Arch Pathol Lab Med 125:1183–1188
Albert D, Syed N, Cancer Committee CoAP (2001) Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with uveal melanoma: a basis for checklists. Arch Pathol Lab Med 125:1177–1182
McLean IW, Zimmerman LE, Evans RM (1978) Reappraisal of Callender’s spindle a type of malignant melanoma of choroid and ciliary body. Am J Ophthalmol 86:557–564
McLean IW, Foster WD, Zimmerman LE, Gamel JW (1983) Modifications of Callender’s classification of uveal melanoma at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Am J Ophthalmol 96:502–509
Earl D, Straatsma BR, Mowery RL (1993) Design and methods of a clinical trial for a rare condition: the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. COMS Report No. 3. Control Clin Trials 14:362–391
McLean MJ, Foster WD, Zimmerman LE (1977) Prognostic factors in small malignant melanomas of choroid and ciliary body. Arch Ophthalmol 95:48–58
Affeldt JC, Minckler DS, Azen SP, Yeh L (1980) Prognosis in uveal melanoma with extrascleral extension. Arch Ophthalmol 98:1975–1979
Ts’o MO, Fine BS, Zimmerman LE (1969) The Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes in retinoblastoma. Arch Pathol 88:664–671
Ts’o MO, Fine BS, Zimmerman LE (1970) The nature of retinoblastoma. II. Photoreceptor differentiation: an electron microscopic study. Am J Ophthalmol 69:350–359
Ts’o MO, Zimmerman LE, Fine BS (1970) The nature of retinoblastoma. I. Photoreceptor differentiation: a clinical and histopathologic study. Am J Ophthalmol 69:339–349
Gallie BL, Ellsworth RM, Abramson DH, Phillips RA (1982) Retinoma: spontaneous regression of retinoblastoma or benign manifestation of the mutation? Br J Cancer 45:513–521
Margo C, Hidayat A, Kopelman J, Zimmerman LE (1983) Retinocytoma. A benign variant of retinoblastoma. Arch Ophthalmol 101:1519–1531
Redler LD, Ellsworth RM (1973) Prognostic importance of choroidal invasion in retinoblastoma. Arch Ophthalmol 90:294–296
Shields CL, Shields JA, Baez K, Cater JR, De Potter P (1994) Optic nerve invasion of retinoblastoma. Metastatic potential and clinical risk factors. Cancer 73:692–698
Magramm I, Abramson DH, Ellsworth RM (1989) Optic nerve involvement in retinoblastoma. Ophthalmology 96:217–222
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media, New York
About this protocol
Cite this protocol
Azari, A.A., Syed, N.A., Albert, D.M. (2014). Examining and Processing Eye Specimens. In: Day, C. (eds) Histopathology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1180. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1050-2_23
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1050-2_23
Published:
Publisher Name: Humana Press, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4939-1049-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-4939-1050-2
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols