Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies

Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies

Purpose: To survey clinical indications for enucleations received within a single specialist ophthalmic pathology department over a 21-year period. Methods: Cases were identified from the departmental records and categorised by indication type as well as by year. Results: Over time, there has been a...

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Main Author: Caroline Thaung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-07-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319453419300451
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spelling doaj-0e933ed4927e47d7b7b614541910e5bd2021-04-02T21:04:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsSaudi Journal of Ophthalmology1319-45342019-07-01333238242Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologiesCaroline Thaung0Address: Department of Eye Pathology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK.; Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, UKPurpose: To survey clinical indications for enucleations received within a single specialist ophthalmic pathology department over a 21-year period. Methods: Cases were identified from the departmental records and categorised by indication type as well as by year. Results: Over time, there has been a decreasing trend in eyes removed for end-stage indications such as phthisis, blindness or pain, as well as a decrease in eyes removed following trauma. Conclusion: With the reducing number of eyes removed for end-stage disease and trauma, the majority of enucleations performed are now for malignancy. However, eyes are still removed for other indications. A selection of rarer pathologies is presented. Keywords: Ophthalmic pathology, Enucleation, Epidemiologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319453419300451
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Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies
Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
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title Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies
title_short Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies
title_full Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies
title_fullStr Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies
title_full_unstemmed Changing indications for enucleation and selected unusual pathologies
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publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
issn 1319-4534
publishDate 2019-07-01
description Purpose: To survey clinical indications for enucleations received within a single specialist ophthalmic pathology department over a 21-year period. Methods: Cases were identified from the departmental records and categorised by indication type as well as by year. Results: Over time, there has been a decreasing trend in eyes removed for end-stage indications such as phthisis, blindness or pain, as well as a decrease in eyes removed following trauma. Conclusion: With the reducing number of eyes removed for end-stage disease and trauma, the majority of enucleations performed are now for malignancy. However, eyes are still removed for other indications. A selection of rarer pathologies is presented. Keywords: Ophthalmic pathology, Enucleation, Epidemiology
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