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Differential Diagnosis of Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bones and Joints
Grading Key
***** = outstanding; **** = excellent; *** = good; ** = fair; * = poor.
clinical information with emphasis on radiologic and pathologic findings and differential diagnoses. Contents: The book is divided into nine chapters that cover the following topics: radiologic and pathologic approaches to bone tumors; bone-forming tumors; tumors of cartilaginous origin; fibrous and fibrohistiocytic lesions; round cell lesions; vascular lesions; miscellaneous tumors and tumor-like lesions; metastases; and tumors and tumor-like lesions of the joints. Each chapter includes sections devoted to clinical findings, imaging and histopathologic studies, and radiologic and pathologic differential diagnoses. The text has abundant high-quality illustrations of multimodality images and histopathologic specimens, spokewheel diagrams comparing radiologic and pathologic differential diagnoses, diagrams that present clinical data, and tables that summarize the findings and differential diagnoses. Strengths: The text is well written and concise, and the outstanding figures and tables effectively emphasize and summarize important facts, especially differential diagnoses. Deficiencies: Individual sections on Paget's disease and osteomyelitis would strengthen the text, and more high-quality reproductions of magnetic resonance images would enhance the presentation. Recommended Readership: This book is a valuable resource for radiologists, pathologists, and orthopedists and for libraries that serve students, residents, and fellows.
Management of End-Stage Heart Disease, edited by Eric A. Rose and Lynne Warner Stevenson, 271 pp, with illus, $125, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers (telephone: 800-7772295), 1998, ISBN 0-316-75697-0
Type of Book: A multiauthored detailed review of current and potential future medical and surgical approaches to the management of patients with advanced heart disease. Scope of Book: Jointly edited by a surgeon and a cardiologist with expertise in the management of advanced heart disease, this text provides a comprehensive review of established and investigational medical and surgical treatment modalities for end-stage heart disease. Contents: The text consists of 21 chapters divided into 5 sections. Section 1 reviews the "economics" of heart failure and issues of "supply and demand" in cardiac transplantation and discusses endpoints for evaluation of therapies. The second section is devoted to medical therapy, including vasodilators, ~-blockers, amiodarone, inotropes, pacing, arrhythmia management, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and discusses when surgical intervention should be considered. Section 3 focuses on conventional surgical options, including high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting procedures and valve operations, aneurysmectomy, and arrhythmia ablation. Replacement therapies, including transplantation, assist devices, and xenotransplantation, are covered in section 4. Section 5 reviews enhancement approaches, such as cardiomyoplasty, ventriculectomy, and myocyte transplantation. An afterword provides a vision for the future. Strengths: Detailed coverage of key randomized trials provides a solid foundation for the rationale underlying the current management of heart failure. The combined efforts of the medical and surgical editors ensured that all options for the management of patients with complex heart disease are well covered. Deficiencies: The chapter on cardiac allotransplantation is cursory, and the text does not cover the management of adults with congenital heart disease. Recommended Readership: Internists, general practitioners, residents, fellows, and cardiologists will find that this text is a valuable resource. Overall Grading:
Overall Grading:
Jeffrey R. Bond, M.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Atlas of Transesophageal Echocardiography, by Navin C. Nanda and Michael J. Domanski, 521 pp, with illus, $165, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins (telephone: 800-638-0672), 1998, ISBN 0-683-06320-0
Type of Book: A multiauthored atlas of transesophageal echocardiography. Scope of Book: Intended for physicians and technologists who perform transesophageal echocardiographic examinations, this atlas provides an extremely comprehensive review of the subject. Contents: The book is divided into 10 chapters. The first chapter describes normal anatomy, reviews equipment choices, and provides a practical guide to performing transesophageal echocardiographic examinations. The next four chapters address valvular abnormalities, diseases of the aorta, and normal and abnormal findings associated with prosthetic valves and rings. Chapters 6 and 7 cover ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy, and chapter 8 comprehensively reviews congenital heart disease, from simple to complex lesions. The atlas concludes with a chapter on tumors and other masses, a review of miscellaneous lesions, and a detailed index. Several commercially available transesophageal echocardiographic devices are
****
Robert P. Frantz, M.D., Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Differential Diagnosis of Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bones and Joints, by Adam Greenspan and Wolfgang Remagen, 435 pp, with illus, $225, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers (telephone: 800-777-2295),1998, ISBN 0-397-51710-6
Type of Book: A text on bone and joint tumors coauthored by a musculoskeletal radiologist and a musculoskeletal pathologist. Scope of Book: This comprehensive review of bone and joint tumors and lesions that simulate such tumors provides pertinent Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74:437-438
*****
437
© 1999 Mayo Foundation/or Medical Education and Research
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
***** = outstanding; **** = excellent; *** = good; ** = fair; * = poor.
clinical information with emphasis on radiologic and pathologic findings and differential diagnoses. Contents: The book is divided into nine chapters that cover the following topics: radiologic and pathologic approaches to bone tumors; bone-forming tumors; tumors of cartilaginous origin; fibrous and fibrohistiocytic lesions; round cell lesions; vascular lesions; miscellaneous tumors and tumor-like lesions; metastases; and tumors and tumor-like lesions of the joints. Each chapter includes sections devoted to clinical findings, imaging and histopathologic studies, and radiologic and pathologic differential diagnoses. The text has abundant high-quality illustrations of multimodality images and histopathologic specimens, spokewheel diagrams comparing radiologic and pathologic differential diagnoses, diagrams that present clinical data, and tables that summarize the findings and differential diagnoses. Strengths: The text is well written and concise, and the outstanding figures and tables effectively emphasize and summarize important facts, especially differential diagnoses. Deficiencies: Individual sections on Paget's disease and osteomyelitis would strengthen the text, and more high-quality reproductions of magnetic resonance images would enhance the presentation. Recommended Readership: This book is a valuable resource for radiologists, pathologists, and orthopedists and for libraries that serve students, residents, and fellows.
Management of End-Stage Heart Disease, edited by Eric A. Rose and Lynne Warner Stevenson, 271 pp, with illus, $125, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers (telephone: 800-7772295), 1998, ISBN 0-316-75697-0
Type of Book: A multiauthored detailed review of current and potential future medical and surgical approaches to the management of patients with advanced heart disease. Scope of Book: Jointly edited by a surgeon and a cardiologist with expertise in the management of advanced heart disease, this text provides a comprehensive review of established and investigational medical and surgical treatment modalities for end-stage heart disease. Contents: The text consists of 21 chapters divided into 5 sections. Section 1 reviews the "economics" of heart failure and issues of "supply and demand" in cardiac transplantation and discusses endpoints for evaluation of therapies. The second section is devoted to medical therapy, including vasodilators, ~-blockers, amiodarone, inotropes, pacing, arrhythmia management, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and discusses when surgical intervention should be considered. Section 3 focuses on conventional surgical options, including high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting procedures and valve operations, aneurysmectomy, and arrhythmia ablation. Replacement therapies, including transplantation, assist devices, and xenotransplantation, are covered in section 4. Section 5 reviews enhancement approaches, such as cardiomyoplasty, ventriculectomy, and myocyte transplantation. An afterword provides a vision for the future. Strengths: Detailed coverage of key randomized trials provides a solid foundation for the rationale underlying the current management of heart failure. The combined efforts of the medical and surgical editors ensured that all options for the management of patients with complex heart disease are well covered. Deficiencies: The chapter on cardiac allotransplantation is cursory, and the text does not cover the management of adults with congenital heart disease. Recommended Readership: Internists, general practitioners, residents, fellows, and cardiologists will find that this text is a valuable resource. Overall Grading:
Overall Grading:
Jeffrey R. Bond, M.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Atlas of Transesophageal Echocardiography, by Navin C. Nanda and Michael J. Domanski, 521 pp, with illus, $165, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins (telephone: 800-638-0672), 1998, ISBN 0-683-06320-0
Type of Book: A multiauthored atlas of transesophageal echocardiography. Scope of Book: Intended for physicians and technologists who perform transesophageal echocardiographic examinations, this atlas provides an extremely comprehensive review of the subject. Contents: The book is divided into 10 chapters. The first chapter describes normal anatomy, reviews equipment choices, and provides a practical guide to performing transesophageal echocardiographic examinations. The next four chapters address valvular abnormalities, diseases of the aorta, and normal and abnormal findings associated with prosthetic valves and rings. Chapters 6 and 7 cover ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy, and chapter 8 comprehensively reviews congenital heart disease, from simple to complex lesions. The atlas concludes with a chapter on tumors and other masses, a review of miscellaneous lesions, and a detailed index. Several commercially available transesophageal echocardiographic devices are
****
Robert P. Frantz, M.D., Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Differential Diagnosis of Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bones and Joints, by Adam Greenspan and Wolfgang Remagen, 435 pp, with illus, $225, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers (telephone: 800-777-2295),1998, ISBN 0-397-51710-6
Type of Book: A text on bone and joint tumors coauthored by a musculoskeletal radiologist and a musculoskeletal pathologist. Scope of Book: This comprehensive review of bone and joint tumors and lesions that simulate such tumors provides pertinent Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74:437-438
*****
437
© 1999 Mayo Foundation/or Medical Education and Research
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.