The lipids in pathology of the eye

The lipoidal composition of the human eye is frequently altered in the diseased state. Un-fortunately, most of the literature is unreliable and only recently has adequate methodology been employed to determine the status of the lipids in ocular pathology. The modern studies have been very useful in helping to understand the mech-anism behind some pathological problems and in a few eases, the lipoidal composition of a tissue has been elucidated and is presented herein for the first time.