Skull base surgery: Atlas of endocrine pathology

✍ Scribed by Gregory Y. Lauwers

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 32 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1043-3074
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199808)20:5<435::aid-hed14>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

Atlas of Endocrine Pathology, by Wenig, Heffess, and Adair, comes as an addition to the series of Atlases in Diagnostic Surgical Pathology.

This 387 page volume, organized in 16 chapters and five appendices, covers the pituitary and thyroid glands, the parathyroid, pancreas, and adrenal glands. Each organ is essentially covered by two chapters: nonneoplastic and neoplastic pathology. Exception is made for the thyroid, with several additional chapters catering to: (1) hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, (2) nonautoimmune thyroiditis, (3) autoimmune thyroiditis, and (4) goiters.

Within each chapter, the pathologic processes are presented in a constant and systematic manner, with definition, clinical features, radiologic findings, pathology (gross and microscopic), differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

The bibliography, organized to accompany each lesion discussed, is up to date.

The atlas is lavishly illustrated throughout with radiologic, microscopic, and clinical pictures. Most of the microphotographs are excellent, although I still believe that the clarity of some of the plates would have been better served by black and white prints, which allow better contrast.