“Who performs an ophthalmic pathology evaluation?”
I'm 50 years old, and I need to have an ophthalmic pathology evaluation in the next week. Who would be performing it, and what would it involve?
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The majority of ophthalmic pathologists are board-certified ophthalmologists who have done additional fellowship training in ophthalmic pathology. The pathologist also do ophthalmic pathology. Thank you.
The surgeon will send a sample to a pathologist who will do the pathology examination
I would need more information to answer your question. Is there a preliminary diagnosis? If I see some sort of lesion on the eye or eyelids, most pathologists would be familiar with those. If, however, it is something more unusual, I would want someone with ophthalmic pathology training. This is additional training on top of a regular pathology residency. I would ask if the pathology department or lab has someone that can take a look at the specimen. In some cases the tissue is sent to the nearest academic center which has an ophthalmology department with an ophthalmic pathologist on staff.
Patients see an Ophthalmologist for an ocular exam to be evaluated for the presence of “ophthalmic pathology” ie abnormality or disease. An Ophthalmic Pathologist is a pathologist who evaluates tissue biopsies or entire eye balls removed surgically.
An ophthalmologist
General pathologists with experience in ophthalmic pathology sometimes do the examination, but often the examination is performed by an ophthalmic pathologist (a pathologist certified or fellowship trained in ophthalmic pathology).
An Ophthalmologist fellowship trained in Ophthalmic Pathology. They are mostly located at Academic Teaching Centers
