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<h5>POTTER'S ATLAS OF FETAL AND INFANT PATHOLOGY</h5> This single volume color atlas is the companion for the 1997 version of “Potter's Pathology of the Fetus and Infant,” also edited by Enid Gilbert‐Barness. It was designed as a quick reference guide to disorders in the embryo, fetus, and infant and as an illustration of the clinical and pathologic disorders affecting this age group. It comprises 29 chapters with 1,098 illustrations, compiled by 37 contributors. Topics range from developmental pathology to iatrogenic pathology to systemic pathology. The first three chapters lay the conceptual and the semantic foundation for coverage of developmental pathology and various birth defects, which reappear in nearly all subsequent chapters. Definitions, classifications, and clinicopathologic examples provide sufficient but not excessive detail for this overview. Tables complement the text and illustrations for rapid reference. Subsequent chapters cover categories of problems encountered in a busy fetal, perinatal, and pediatric autopsy and surgical pathology service such as hydrops, multiple pregnancies, chromosomal abnormalities, complications of prematurity and perinatal care, and infectious, nutritional, and metabolic diseases. The 16 chapters on systemic pathology are an invaluable catalog of common and uncommon conditions supplemented by tabulations of clinical pathologic and nosologic information. The cardiovascular chapter combines multicolored diagrams with specimen photographs resulting in a refreshingly lucid view of consequences of various types of cardiac malformations on blood flow. Throughout the book, one discovers clinical, macroscopic, and microscopic illustrations of classic but seldom depicted aspects of diseases and syndromes: the facies of Alagille syndrome and of congenital syphilis, the kinky hair of Menkes syndrome on the patient and under polarized light, the results of a Betke‐Kleihauer test, and many others. The minor disappointments that surfaced during my reading of this atlas concerned the quality of some of the photographs, especially those that were dark, unevenly illuminated, excessively pink, or less than crisp in their focus. In a book with 1,098 illustrations, some of which show very rare entities, this limitation is not surprising and does not detract from the value of seeing such uncommon conditions. This atlas accomplishes its purpose to be worth “more than a thousand words” to its readers. It is a valuable companion to “Potter's Pathology of the Fetus and Infant” and is an important addition to the reference library of pathologists. It will be especially useful to those pathologists who encounter perinatal and pediatric cases and for pathology residents and fellows or pediatric subspecialists who desire a pictorial introduction to common and uncommon lesions encountered in the fetus and infant.
American Journal of Medical Genetics – Wiley
Published: Apr 10, 2000
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