The eye in haematological disease

Zaid Shalchi1, Simon R J Taylor, Sue Lightman

  • 1St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK. zshalchi@gmail.com

The eye allows living functioning blood vessels to be observed and is thus ideal for the study of haematological disease. Disorders of the blood have significant ocular manifestations and pose a real threat to vision, making knowledge of the subject essential to ophthalmologists, haematologists, oncologists and general physicians.