Book Review: Hematology, 4th edn. (in the House Officer series). Larry Waterbury. Williams and Wilkins, 1996. £9.95
✍ Scribed by Andrew Peniket
- Book ID
- 101278609
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 17 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0278-0232
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✦ Synopsis
the text. Morphology is covered extensively in all chapters with multiple examples of diagnostic peripheral blood films, bone marrow aspirates, trephines, and lymph node biopsies showing clearly all diseases covered and variations seen between samples. Pictures of cytochemical staining of samples are included wherever relevant and in most cases are easy to interpret with methods described in an appendix. Black and white electron micrographs are shown for many cell types highlighting variations in granularity, size and specific features, often discussed but not clearly seen on light microscopy, such as Charcot-Leyden crystals. Similarly, photographs of karyotypes of different diseases are shown demonstrating clearly the cytogenetic abnormalities.
Overall this comprehensive and well illustrated guide to malignant hematology would be a useful addition to any hematology laboratory, as a reference book for technical and scientific staff. The degree of detail also makes this book suitable for hematologists in training, specifically for the MRCPath examination, and it would also be of use for oncologists and pathologists.