Table 1.

Intraocular Samples Sent for Diagnostic Testing

Sample	Content(s)	Volume	Indication
1	ILM tissue, tissue biopsies, in formalin and wrapped in blue paper	n/a	- Review for granulomatous disease, inflammation, infectious organisms - Review for possible Gaucher cells - Review for retinoblastoma cells (atypical)
2	Undilute vitreous	n/a	Microbiology*
3
a	Slightly dilute vitreous	2-3cc	Pathology
b		2-3cc	Microbiology*
4	Vitreous cassette, in no fixative, wet ice to keep cool and delay acellular degeneration	250cc	Pathology
5	Aqueous humor	100-200 µL	Microbiology*

^*Fungal smear and culture, Acid Fast Bacillus smear and mycobacterial culture, gram stain and bacterial culture, broad range 16S polymerase chain reaction (PCR), fungal broad range PCR, BHOLD (stored for further testing), PCR of histoplasma, Blastomyces, varicella zoster virus, herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, bartonella, and toxoplasma.