I T S . T I M E . T O . P L A Y
NAME THAT PATHOLOGY

HOW WOULD YOU CLASSIFY THE FIERY LOOKING REGION
(SUPERIOR TEMPORAL TO THE OPTIC DISC) IN THE RETINA ABOVE?
(a) A NEVUS
(b) A BENIGN NEOPLASM
(c) A MELANOMA
(d) A CARCINOMA

THE ANGIOGRAPHY SHOWS ONLY A TRANSMISSIONAL FLUORESCENCE OF THAT AREA OF
THE RETINA WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF A
(b) BENIGN (CHOROIDAL) NEOPLASM.

SLITLAMP PHOTOGRAPHY I:

A SLITLAMP IS A HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT SOURCE CONCENTRATED INTO A NARROW

BEAM (OR SLIT) OF LIGHT USED IN CONCERT WITH A MICROSCOPE TO EXAMINE
THE ANTERIOR SEGMENT ( FRONT) OF THE EYE. INCORPORATE AN IMAGE

CAPTURING DEVICE AND NOW YOU HAVE A SLITLAMP CAMERA.
HERE IS ONE OF MY FIRST SLITLAMP PHOTOS.

THIS PATIENT WAS REFERRED TO PHOTOGRAPHY TO GET IMAGES OF HIS pterygium.
HOWEVER, HE COULD ACTUALLY BE SUFFERING FROM A CORNEAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASM