The present book, Veterinary Ocular Pathology: a Comparative Review, is an accumulation of years of painstaking observations regarding the gross and microscopic appearance of eyes from a wide variety of species with naturally occurring and experimentally induced disease. The book draws heavily from the extensive collection of ocular pathology specimens housed at the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW). With the same spirit of enthusiasm and interest in discovery as their predecessors in the field, Richard Dubielzig and his associates have written a textbook on comparative ophthalmic pathology that is current and comprehensive, to aid ophthalmologists and pathologists in both the veterinary and human medical fields.
Veterinary Ocular Pathology: A Comparative Review links the clinical features of ocular disease with gross and microscopic pathology to demonstrate the essential features observable during diagnosis. It is designed to be kept next to the microscope as an invaluable guide to accurate diagnosis in ocular pathology.
The book presents a wide range of images of the highest quality. A unique and distinctive feature is the juxtaposition of clinical and pathological images while offering detailed enumeration of the diagnostic features. Expert comparative comments by Dr Daniel Albert and contextual information on relative incidence are provided throughout. The authors address spontaneous disease of the eye in all animal species, with a particular emphasis on companion species. In addition, specific, common or interesting conditions of exotic species are included.
A convenient, comprehensive and easy-to-use reference for veterinary pathologists, veterinary ophthalmologists, students and comparative vision scientists.
Key Features
- The first text devoted to the pathology of spontaneous diseases of the eyes and periocular tissues of domestic animal species.
- Exceptionally high quality illustrations are presented throughout, demonstrating clinical features, gross pathology and histopathology.
- Written by pathologists and clinicians.
- Includes a chapter devoted to the pathology of conditions associated with glaucoma in domestic animals.
Contents
Chapter 1 The principles and practice of ocular pathology
- General points
- COPLOW recommended tissue handling procedures
- Special stains and other histological techniques commonly used in ocular pathology
Chapter 2 Pathologic mechanisms in ocular disease
- Fundamental cellular and tissue responses to injury
- Cellular degeneration and death
- Tissue degeneration
- Inflammation and immunobiology
- Abnormalities of cellular or tissue development or differentiation
Chapter 3 Congenital, developmental, or hereditary abnormalities in animals
- General principles of ocular embryology in relation to spontaneous developmental ocular diseases
- Abnormalities associated with infectious diseases or maternal intoxication
- Abnormalities associated with specific animal breeds
- Sporadic congenital abnormalities of undetermined origin
Chapter 4 Surgical trauma and iatrogenic lesions
- Complications of intraocular surgery
- The full-thickness corneal incision and its variations
- Tissue effects of electrocautery, cryosurgical and laser applications
Chapter 5 Non-surgical trauma
- The relative importance of ocular trauma in a mail-in pathology practice
- General post-traumatic response of ocular tissues, regardless of the type of trauma
- Intraocular hemorrhage
- Non-penetrating (blunt) ocular trauma
- Penetrating injuries
- Chemical injury
- Proptosis and optic nerve trauma
- End-stage disease (atrophy of the globe and phthisis bulbi)
Chapter 6 Diseases of the orbit
- Inflammatory disease of the orbit
- Cystic lesions of the orbit
- Vascular lesions of the orbit
- Orbital fat prolapse (herniation)
- Neoplastic diseases
Chapter 7 Diseases of the eyelids and conjunctiva
- Congenital anomalies and early life diseases of the eyelids and conjunctiva
- Inflammatory lesions of the eyelid skin
- Proliferative and neoplastic lesions of the eyelid skin
- Eyelid margin masses
- Conjunctivitis
- Conjunctival neoplasms and other nodular lesions
Chapter 8 Diseases of the cornea and sclera
- Normal corneal anatomy
- Congenital and hereditary abnormalities
- Corneal dystrophies and degenerations
- Chronic keratitis, superficial
- Chronic superficial keratitis (CSK, previously termed pannus or Überreiter’s syndrome)
- Feline eosinophilic keratitis (proliferative keratitis)
- Equine eosinophilic keratitis, equine superficial corneal sequestrum, or equine indolent ulcer
- Feline corneal sequestrum (feline corneal necrosis, cornea nigrum)
- Corneal sequestration in other species
- Recurrent erosion syndrome (indolent ulcer, Boxer ulcer, spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects)
- Fungal keratitis, equine and other species
- Keratomalacia, collagenolytic keratitis, melting corneal ulcer
- Corneal perforation
- Corneal lysis, perforation, and iris prolapse with epithelialization in young cats
- Early life corneal perforation, early life trauma syndrome, and anterior chamber collapse syndrome
- Corneal epithelial inclusion cyst
- Inflammation disrupting the endothelium, endotheliitis
- Corneal neoplasia
- Diseases of the sclera
Chapter 9 The uvea
- Background and non-neoplastic diseases
- Uveal neoplasia
Chapter 10 Diseases of the Lens
- Normal anatomy
- Congenital or hereditary conditions
- Cataract
- Lens protein breakdown or lens capsule rupture and its significance in inflammatory eye disease
- The lens epithelium and its role in disease after lens capsule rupture
- Lens luxation
Chapter 11 The Retina
- General considerations
- Congenital and hereditary diseases
- Other degenerative conditions of the retina
- Retinal vascular disease
- Retinal detachment, retinal separation
- Trauma
- Inflammatory diseases of the retina
- Retinal neoplasia
Chapter 12 The Optic Nerve
- Normal anatomy
- Congenital and hereditary diseases
- Optic nerve swelling, trauma and degeneration
- Inflammation of the optic nerve
- Tumors of the optic nerve
Chapter 13 The Glaucomas
- General considerations
- The canine glaucomas
- The feline glaucomas
- The equine glaucomas
Index
About the Authors
- Richard R. Dubielzig, DVM, DACVP, DACVO (Hon), Leadership Committee, UW Eye Research Institute, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathobiological Services, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
- Kerry L. Ketring, DVM, DACVO, All Animal Eye Clinic, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
- Gillian J McLellan, BVMS, PhD, DVOphthal, DECVO, DACVO, MRCVS, Associate Scientist, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, USA and Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
- Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, Emmett A. Humble/RRF Distinguished Director, UW Eye Research Institute, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 472 pages
- Publisher: Saunders Ltd.; 1 edition (May 18, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0702027979
- ISBN-13: 978-0702027970
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
List Price: $389.00