Intraocular Tumors: An Atlas and Text (Hardcover)

by Jerry A Shields (Author), Carol L Shields (Author) "There are a several congenital abnormalities that can affect the uvea, such as coloboma and aniridia, but most of them are not directly related to..." (more)
Key Phrases: ophthalmic pathology, congenital simple hamartoma, optic disc melanocytoma, Arch Ophthalmol, Tumors of the Uveal Tract, Selected References (more...)

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Written by world-renowned authorities in ocular oncology at the Wills Eye Institute, this text/atlas is a comprehensive pictorial and textual guide to the clinical features, pathology, diagnosis, and management of intraocular tumors and pseudotumors. It features 2,346 photographs and surgical drawings--2,084 in full color--that depict the clinical variations, histopathologic characteristics, and treatment of all benign and malignant lesions that affect the uveal tract, retina, and other intraocular structures. This edition is greatly expanded and thoroughly updated and contains over 50 percent new material.

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Product Details Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second Edition edition (December 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0781775809 ISBN-13: 978-0781775809 Product Dimensions: 12 x 11.1 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #333,695 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There are a several congenital abnormalities that can affect the uvea, such as coloboma and aniridia, but most of them are not directly related to the differential diagnosis of intraocular tumors. Read the first page

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ophthalmic pathology, congenital simple hamartoma, optic disc melanocytoma, solitary congenital hypertrophy, uveal lymphoma, lamellar sclerouvectomy, amelanotic choroidal nevus, iris cavernous hemangioma, vascular filling phases, acoustic solidity, vasoproliferative tumor, intraocular lacrimal gland choristoma, iris melanocytoma, iris metastasis, coherence tomography corresponding, cystoid retinal edema, chamber cholesterolosis, cavitary melanoma, uveal leiomyoma, iris hemangiomas, choroidal metastasis, retinal cavernous hemangioma, iris stromal cyst, iris pigment epithelial cyst, tapioca melanoma

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Arch Ophthalmol, Tumors of the Uveal Tract, Selected References, Miscellaneous Intraocular Tumors, Clinical Features, Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus, Pathology Histopathologically, Metastatic Tumors, Histiocytic Tumors of the Uvea, Diagnostic Approaches Fluorescein, Ophthalmic Surg Lasers, African American, Melanocytic Tumors of Iris Stroma, Tumors of the Nonpigmented Ciliary Epithelium, Ann Ophthalmol, Urwick Lecture, Taylor Smith Lecture, Malignant Ocular Tumors, Lesions That Can Simulate Retinoblastoma, General Considerations, Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, Courtesy of Thomas Aaberg, Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc, Fluorescein Angiography Fluorescein, Courtesy of Deepak Edward

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second Edition edition (December 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781775809
• ISBN-13: 978-0781775809
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 11.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #333,695 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, January 13, 2008

By	Ocular/Orbital Surgeon (USA) - See all my reviews

I now own this "text" and the previously published "atlas" on intraocular tumors by the Shields, as well as oncology books by several other authors. If you own the "atlas", I am not sure it is worthwhile to purchase this new text. Here is why.

This book is filled with great pictures of anterior segment and posterior segment tumors as well as masquerading entities. However, many of the pictures are carried over from the "Atlas of intraocular tumors." The pictures are very good though.

The format in this book is similar to the "atlas" as well where at the beginning of a section, there is a brief and somewhat cursory discussion of the topic. They do not go into the nitty-gritty details of tumor management, study results, etc. What was most frustrating was situations where the Shields would mention that there are distinguishing features between this tumor and this problem, but would not go into further detail to say what those distinguishing features are..clinically, or on FA, or on ultrasound. Also, they show photos of tumors of the same variety that were treated with different modalities and don't specify why (plaque radiotherapy vs surgical excision vs enucleating, etc..). There are many other examples where the text is lacking.

So, I think this is mainly just a new edition of their "Atlas" rather than a true textbook on intraocular tumors. The photos are great, the text is no better than what you would find in a general ophthalmology text.

Currently, the best oncology TEXT is the somewhat old now book by Devron Char, "Tumors of the Eye and Ocular Adenxa." I find the text to contain an adequare amount of detail on the diseases and their management. The "Ocular Oncology" text by Albert is pretty good, but does not have the beautiful photos other books do and sometimes gets bogged down in basic science work.