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Chapter 12 - Eye Specimens

from Prosection Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2021

Mirna Lechpammer
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine
Marc Del Bigio
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Canada
Rebecca Folkerth
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine
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Summary

In addition to determination of proper ocular development, gross and histopathological exam of fetal eyes may be supportive or even mandatory for the diagnosis of certain inherited syndromes with ocular involvement and/or forensic evaluation. Fetal and infant eyes examination during the routine pediatric autopsy is often complicated by artifacts, which may be caused by either autolysis or incorrect sample manipulation and fixation. Thus proper technical execution of the postmortem eyes exam is pivotal for providing additional diagnostic information that would inform a final classification of an inherited syndrome. In turn, correct diagnosis will allow the appropriate parental genetic counseling with respect to future pregnancies. The fetal eyes autopsy is thus often critical for pediatric diagnostics and should be performed with great care [1, 2].

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Lee, WR. “Autopsy eye” – the eye in systemic disease. In: Ophthalmic Histopathology. Springer, London. 2002; pp. 267–96.Google Scholar
Herwig-Carl, MC, Loeffler, KU, Müller, AM. Importance of investigation of fetal eyes: Supplement to fetal autopsy. [German] Pathologe. 2017;38(4):231–40.Google Scholar

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