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| Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology & Endodontics 2008 — Samir El-Mofty, St. Louis, Missouri |
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This electronic book is intended
to be a teaching manual for salivary gland tumors. It comes in
2 disks. Disk 1 consists of surgical pathology material, and
disk 2 is devoted to cytopathology. The two volumes complement
each other, yet they could be used independently. The disks run on Microsoft Windows operating systems, from Windows 98 to Windows XP, but not with the Macintosh operating system. The program starts automatically once the disks are inserted but takes a couple of minutes. I needed a little bit of time to become acquainted with the mechanics of navigating through the material; however, once this was achieved it was easy to zero in on the subject of interest. Each disk is divided into sections which are accessible from side-bar hyperlinks and a table of contents. The side bars lead to the introduction to the volume as well as to some general topics, such as classification, morphogenesis, etiology, and a guide to diagnosis. The latter is a form of an algorithm that guides you systematically toward the correct diagnosis of a lesion under consideration. The table of contents lists in alphabetical order all benign and malignant salivary gland tumors and nonneoplastic and miscellaneous lesions, as well as the histology, cytology, and architecture of normal salivary glands. By clicking on any tumor or entity listed in the table of contents, access is gained to extensive coverage of that lesion. The discussion includes an introduction, diagnostic criteria, morphologic variations, morphologic development, and differential diagnosis. The text is generous, well documented, and scholarly with ample references. It is up to date and includes the most recent infonnation about the ever-changing field of salivary gland tumor taxonomy and pathology. The illustrations are extensive, an advantage that electronic literature has over hard copy texts. The quality of the digital figures is excellent and in many cases exceeds that, of printed photographs. Electron microscopic and immunohistochemical images are provided when needed. In addition, supplemental illustrations are provided as an image gallery for each entity. The authors' masterful use of this new medium has resulted in one of the best monographs ever written on salivary gland surgical pathology and cytopathology. It combines an almost encyclopedic treatment of the subjects as well as extensive high-quality illustrations. Dr. Dardick has shown, once more, that he is one of the leading international authorities on the subject of salivary gland neoplasia. This atlas is a valuable resource which can be used not only by students and residents, but also by the general surgical pathologist and cytopathologist as well as those in the subspecialty of oral and maxillofacial and head and neck pathology. I highly recommend this superior addition to the literature. |
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Cytojournal 2006;3:26 — Zainab
Basir, Milwauke, Wisconsin The authors have organized this CD-ROM into convenient chapters. In the sections on specific tumors, the authors have nicely provided tables, brief cytologic and surgical text and excellent colored photographs with key features highlighted. Some photographs use arrows to illustrate the salient features. The majority of the photographs are of high quality, although an occasional one has been taken at too low power to fully discern the specific features. I would recommend this
CD-ROM in the cytology sign out room as a very useful quick reference
for differential diagnosis of salivary gland tumors. The CD-ROM
is easy to use, very concise in the information provided with
high quality colored illustrations. |
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ENT News 2006, November/December,
page 82 This teaching manual will run on any version of Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 98 to Windows XP. No software is needed, as the programme used to launch and display the text and images is self-contained on the CD. An accompanying manual is provided to aid the "illiterate computer buff" – such as me! I was able to view the Oral and Surgical Pathology Disc 1. The authors state that the approach taken within this presentation is not designed to promote a particular classification scheme, or necessarily to devise a new one, but to detail diagnostic criteria and provide appropriate and comprehensive illustrations to assist the pathologist in categorizing salivary gland tumours. The table of contents included the normal salivary gland, benign and malignant tumours as well as non-neoplastic and miscellaneous lesions. There is extensive cross connections between the different chapters and sections. There is also a huge wealth of histological images in an image gallery. The references are extensive and are as recent as 2005, the most up to date reference available, with critical comments. This method of information
is new to me and I would recommend this format of both discs
to pathologists and cytopathologist in training, as well as practicing
clinicians, I would also recommend Disc 1 to surgeons, who have
a special interest in salivary gland diseases and disorders.
This is well produced and certainly will get more reading than
the current standard textbooks, which sit on the bookshelf, more
as a trophy than as a source of information! Well done! |
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Lee J. Slater, Oral Pathologist, San
Diego, CA Thank you for…. your definitive collection of beautiful salivary gland pathology images. The detailed basic science treatment, diagnostic guidance, and extensive thorough literature reviews are most impressive This CD is a magnificent achievement. I believe every pathology training program and every pathology laboratory should have this wonderfully laid-out and executed guide to diagnosis. Congratulations on masterfully creating a powerful teaching method. |
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Alena Skálová, Pathologist,
Czech Republic I have found the CD-ROM version just excellent!! Recent data, upgraded biobliography, excellent pictures. I found the CD very useful, and please accept my warmest congratulations! |
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