[Neuro-anatomy of retinoblastoma].

In four cases of retinoblastoma examined with the method of Golgi we have only found vessels and glial elements at different stages of differentiation. Moreover, in the areas containing typical rosettes, Golgi method revealed some isolately impregnated elements resembling photoreceptors in evolution. Within the retina abuting on the tumor were found only normal retinal nervous elements.

The effect of liquid silicone on the corneal endothelium in rabbits. A comparative specular microscopic and histopathologic study.

Specular microscopic and histopathologic findings in the corneal endothelium were compared after the injection of liquid silicone into the anterior chamber of both eyes in 15 rabbits. The findings demonstrated serious damage to the endothelium in the area of contact of liquid silicone with the posterior surface of the cornea and disclosed some problems in the interpretation of specular microscopic findings. An abnormal endothelial mosaic can be probably found even in a zone of preserved intercellular borders or in a zone with a relief of the bases of extinct endothelial cells.

"Displaced nerve cells" in the human retina.

Several kinds of nerve cells in the vertebrate retina can be found in retinal layers other that to which they belong. The present paper discusses all such cells within the human retina, as the author was able to stain them selectively using different neurohistological methods.