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As ophthalmologists we are fascinated by the structures of the normal and diseased eye. The clear optical media allow almost all tissues within the eye to be observed directly in vivo. The interpretation of clinical observations obtained by echographic techniques, fluorescein angiography (FA), optical coherence-laser tomography (OCT), confocal laser scanning in vivo microscopy, polarimetry, etc., requires a precise knowledge and direct correlation with the ophthalmopathologic basis. This is true for quantitative pathology and in vivo “biomorphometry” as well as for quantitative in vivo cytology — “biocytology” — such as corneal endothelial microscopy. Ophthalmic pathology comprises the entire spectrum of structural changes, ranging from slit lamp microscopy and “biocytology” to the available laboratory methods of general pathology including macroscopy, light and electron microscopy, immune histochemistry as well as modern molecular and cell biology. Ophthalmopathology thus offers a three-dimensional framework for morphologic differential diagnosis, and also for the training of medical students and ophthalmologists.
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Naumann, G.O.H., Kruse, F.E. (2008). Introduction. In: Naumann, G.O.H., Holbach, L.M., Kruse, F.E. (eds) Applied Pathology for Ophthalmic Microsurgeons. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68366-7_1
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