Physical Injuries of the Cornea
Physical Injuries of the Cornea Puwat Charukamnoetkanok Mahnaz Nouri Roberto Pineda Ii Physical injury to the cornea can have potentially devastating consequences to the vision and health of the eye….
Pigmented Tumors of the Cornea and Conjunctiva
Pigmented Tumors of the Cornea and Conjunctiva Anh T. Q. Nguyen Kathryn Colby Pigmented lesions of the conjunctiva may be divided into melanocytic or nonmelanocytic lesions. Melanocytic lesions of the…
Chemical Trauma
Chemical Trauma Roswell R. Pfister INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Humans have encountered a variety of naturally occurring powerful chemicals from the dawn of civilization. As industry evolved, so did the…
Epithelial Tumors Involving the Ocular Surface
Epithelial Tumors Involving the Ocular Surface Glenn C. Cockerham Kimberly P. Cockerham The ocular surface, consisting of the cornea, limbus, conjunctiva and caruncle, is covered by a continuous lining of…
Congenital Abnormalities and Metabolic Diseases Affecting the Conjunctiva and Cornea
Congenital Abnormalities and Metabolic Diseases Affecting the Conjunctiva and Cornea Nadia K. Waheed Nathalie Azar CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES Clinical Aspects Congenital anomalies of the cornea are the result of abnormal corneal…
Overview of Tumors of the Conjunctiva and Cornea
Overview of Tumors of the Conjunctiva and Cornea Carol L. Shields Jerry A. Shields GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Tumors of the conjunctiva and cornea occupy a large spectrum of conditions ranging from…
Dacryoadenitis
Dacryoadenitis Ramzi K. Hemady Anh T. Q. Nguyen Sajeev S. Kathuria INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The main lacrimal gland is an exocrine gland that contributes to the aqueous layer of the…
Climatic Keratopathy
Climatic Keratopathy Gary N. Foulks The array of nonhereditary degenerative keratopathy related to geographic or climatic conditions or environmental exposure is vast. Climatic keratopathy is a rubric describing these various…
Filamentary Keratitis
Filamentary Keratitis Shigeru Kinoshita Norihiko Yokoi GENERAL FEATURES Filamentary keratitis, first described by Leber (1) in 1882, is a chronic disorder of the cornea characterized by one or more filaments…
Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis
Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis Parveen K. Nagra Peter R. Laibson The term superficial punctate keratitis was coined by Ernst Fuchs (1) to describe the corneal changes that he observed during…
