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Radiological Atlas of Bone Tumors : Volume II. By The Netherlands Committee on Bone Tumors. Cloth, $77.00. Pp. 600, with numerous figures. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1973

Radiological Atlas of Bone Tumors : Volume II. By The Netherlands Committee on Bone Tumors.... The long awaited second volume of The Netherlands Committee's Radiological Atlas on Bone Tumors is a worthy successor to the first volume which the undersigned reviewed in. RA~IOLOGY ir: September 1968. The most noteworthy contribution of this volume is its superb sampling of a welldocumented collection of the important benign tumors and other tumor-like lesions of bone. In addition, an added feature in the second volume is an intercomparison of the types of tumor and tumor-like lesions. In this regard, the numbering .syste~ in the Atlas permits the reader to make ready companson with the examples referred to in the preliminary texts for the chapters. A chapt.er is devoted to each type of lesion and a large numb~r of radiographs are presented to provide a spectrum of the disease. Again it is unfortunate, however, that such a valuabl~ reference work is available only with a print-out of the radiographs as "positives." Although it is appreciated t~at such a policy results in the preservation of more detail with regard to the original roentgenogram, it is also true that the loss of orientation and imagery transfer to the actual experie~ce at ~he vi~wbox perhaps outweighs any advantages to be gamed with this method. There is no question about the quality of the reproductions, however. . For the most part, the authors have organized the presentation of Atlas cases in anatomical order, starting from the highest part of the skeleton and going to the lowest. This reviewer would have preferred to see the cases organized by type of radiographic pattern in order to further enhance the basic !)remise of providing a spectrum of the possible radiographic ~ppearances associate.d with each lesion under study. The captions for the Atlas radiographs are again descriptive in nature. The impact of the radiographs would be greatly enhanced if intercomparisons were drawn between them and if remarks. were mad~ abo~t the consistency and frequency of the findings, Again, as m the first volume, one wishes that the authors had taken the very meaningful observations from the several introductory texts to the chapters and woven them into the captions for the radiographs, using the latter as clinching illustrations. The authors have continued the poli:y of the first volume by placing large numbers of parenthetical references to the Atlas radiographs in the introductory text paragraphs devoted to radiographic characteristics and differential .diag~oses. This requires the reader to page through an inordinate number of figures to find illustrations for the authors' remarks. The preface material also provides a follow-up on the experience reported in the first volume. The number of documented cases on which o~servations are based is now nearly double. An excellent detailed overview of the incidence and localization of b~th malignant and benign lesions makes up the bulk of the first introductory paragraphs. Overall the statistics and findings in broad t~rms matc~ those reported by other 'large bone centers. ThIS same kind of approach is carried on thr?ugh the introductory text for each chapter in the remat.nder of the volume. There are excellent sections on radiographic a~pearances and correlating gross and histologic pathology findings. There are succinct discussions on differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. The material on age groups and localization of tumors continues to be valuable direct reporting on primary material and deserves close attention. The second volume is devoted to the discussion of benign tumors or tumor-like processes of the skeleton. The most common lesions such as giant-cell tumor of bone, chondroblastoma, fibrous dysplasia, chondroma, nonossifying fibroma aneurysmal bone cysts, hemangioma, and other entities have large chapters devoted to them. They make an excellent standard reference, particularly for the details of incidence age groups, localization, and other statistical data. Th~ radiographic features are well described in the preliminary text and numbered references are made to cases in the Atlas which serve as examples for the statements made in the text. It would have been advantageous for the reader to .have more analytical statements made in the captions themselves in ~rd~r to fortify the impressions gained from reading the preliminary statements in each chapter. After treating each common entity with a separate chapter, the authors close with a brief survey of several miscellaneous lesions of importance. There is no question that both volumes of this Atlas deserve a place in the library of the serious student of bone. The Netherlands Committee is to be congratulated for its contribution to the literature in these Atlases. They are testimony to the high order of discipline and organization which must have been required to extract and document such excellent material from a population so much smaller than that in other countries which have reported on the statistics of bone lesions. It is fervently hoped that, perhaps in future editions, The Netherlands Committee will consider reproducing the photoprints into "white" bone rather than "black," and makin.g an attempt to compose captions for the radiographs which WIll go beyond mere description and offer intercomparisons and differential diagnostic features. ELIAS G. THERos, M.D. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radiology Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

Radiological Atlas of Bone Tumors : Volume II. By The Netherlands Committee on Bone Tumors. Cloth, $77.00. Pp. 600, with numerous figures. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1973

Elias G. Theros
Radiology , Volume 110: 276 – Feb 1, 1974
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The long awaited second volume of The Netherlands Committee's Radiological Atlas on Bone Tumors is a worthy successor to the first volume which the undersigned reviewed in. RA~IOLOGY ir: September 1968. The most noteworthy contribution of this volume is its superb sampling of a welldocumented collection of the important benign tumors and other tumor-like lesions of bone. In addition, an added feature in the second volume is an intercomparison of the types of tumor and tumor-like lesions. In this regard, the numbering .syste~ in the Atlas permits the reader to make ready companson with the examples referred to in the preliminary texts for the chapters. A chapt.er is devoted to each type of lesion and a large numb~r of radiographs are presented to provide a spectrum of the disease. Again it is unfortunate, however, that such a valuabl~ reference work is available only with a print-out of the radiographs as "positives." Although it is appreciated t~at such a policy results in the preservation of more detail with regard to the original roentgenogram, it is also true that the loss of orientation and imagery transfer to the actual experie~ce at ~he vi~wbox perhaps outweighs any advantages to be gamed with this method. There is no question about the quality of the reproductions, however. . For the most part, the authors have organized the presentation of Atlas cases in anatomical order, starting from the highest part of the skeleton and going to the lowest. This reviewer would have preferred to see the cases organized by type of radiographic pattern in order to further enhance the basic !)remise of providing a spectrum of the possible radiographic ~ppearances associate.d with each lesion under study. The captions for the Atlas radiographs are again descriptive in nature. The impact of the radiographs would be greatly enhanced if intercomparisons were drawn between them and if remarks. were mad~ abo~t the consistency and frequency of the findings, Again, as m the first volume, one wishes that the authors had taken the very meaningful observations from the several introductory texts to the chapters and woven them into the captions for the radiographs, using the latter as clinching illustrations. The authors have continued the poli:y of the first volume by placing large numbers of parenthetical references to the Atlas radiographs in the introductory text paragraphs devoted to radiographic characteristics and differential .diag~oses. This requires the reader to page through an inordinate number of figures to find illustrations for the authors' remarks. The preface material also provides a follow-up on the experience reported in the first volume. The number of documented cases on which o~servations are based is now nearly double. An excellent detailed overview of the incidence and localization of b~th malignant and benign lesions makes up the bulk of the first introductory paragraphs. Overall the statistics and findings in broad t~rms matc~ those reported by other 'large bone centers. ThIS same kind of approach is carried on thr?ugh the introductory text for each chapter in the remat.nder of the volume. There are excellent sections on radiographic a~pearances and correlating gross and histologic pathology findings. There are succinct discussions on differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. The material on age groups and localization of tumors continues to be valuable direct reporting on primary material and deserves close attention. The second volume is devoted to the discussion of benign tumors or tumor-like processes of the skeleton. The most common lesions such as giant-cell tumor of bone, chondroblastoma, fibrous dysplasia, chondroma, nonossifying fibroma aneurysmal bone cysts, hemangioma, and other entities have large chapters devoted to them. They make an excellent standard reference, particularly for the details of incidence age groups, localization, and other statistical data. Th~ radiographic features are well described in the preliminary text and numbered references are made to cases in the Atlas which serve as examples for the statements made in the text. It would have been advantageous for the reader to .have more analytical statements made in the captions themselves in ~rd~r to fortify the impressions gained from reading the preliminary statements in each chapter. After treating each common entity with a separate chapter, the authors close with a brief survey of several miscellaneous lesions of importance. There is no question that both volumes of this Atlas deserve a place in the library of the serious student of bone. The Netherlands Committee is to be congratulated for its contribution to the literature in these Atlases. They are testimony to the high order of discipline and organization which must have been required to extract and document such excellent material from a population so much smaller than that in other countries which have reported on the statistics of bone lesions. It is fervently hoped that, perhaps in future editions, The Netherlands Committee will consider reproducing the photoprints into "white" bone rather than "black," and makin.g an attempt to compose captions for the radiographs which WIll go beyond mere description and offer intercomparisons and differential diagnostic features. ELIAS G. THERos, M.D.

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