Book Description
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. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Good but not great
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. ... Read more

Book Description
This atlas is a comprehensive pictorial and textual guide to the diagnosis and management of intraocular tumors and pseudotumors. Featuring 1,474 photographs and surgical drawings--1,226 in full color--the atlas describes and illustrates the clinical variations, histopathologic characteristics, and treatment of all lesions that affect the uveal tract, retina, and other intraocular structures. Coverage encompasses the entire range of benign and malignant lesions and includes both common and rare conditions. The book is rich in clinicopathologic correlations and clinical "pearls" based on the authors' 25 years of experience in medical and surgical ophthalmic oncology at the Wills Eye Hospital. Each entity is presented in an easy-to-follow format: concise text with references on the left-hand page and six illustrations on the right-hand page. The detail-revealing photographs vividly depict the gross and microscopic features that distinguish each condition. Professional drawings and intraoperative photographs demonstrate key surgical principles and procedures. The three atlases prepared by Drs. Shields and Shields--Atlas of Eyelid and Conjunctival Tumors, Atlas of Intraocular Tumors, and Atlas of Orbital Tumors--can be purchased together as a money-saving package. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Great Pictures
This is an excellent atlas for intraocular tumors. The photos are very nice and the captions succinct.My only complaint is that the text could be more complete in terms of clinical descriptions and distinguishing characteristics of certain lesions both clinically and on diagnostic testing.

Also, there is not much detail in terms of study results or tumor management...ie why one tumor was treated with sclerouveaectomy and another with TTT and another plaque radiotherapy.One can sometimes surmise this, but it would be nice if they explained their clinical decision making for the examples they show.

Tips and pearls regarding their surgical techniques would have been a nice addition also...but I guess you have to be a fellow there to get that. ... Read more

Book Description
Written by world-renowned authorities in ocular oncology at the Wills Eye Institute, these two text/atlases provide a complete pictorial and textual guide to the clinical features, pathology, diagnosis, and management of eyelid, conjunctival, orbital, and intraocular tumors and pseudotumors. The two books contain over 4,800 photographs and surgical drawings—more than 4,200 in full color—that depict the clinical variations, histopathologic characteristics, and treatment of all neoplasms and related lesions. The Second Edition of Eyelid, Conjunctival, and Orbital Tumors: An Atlas and Text combines the content of Atlas of Eyelid and Conjunctival Tumors and Atlas of Orbital Tumors. The Second Edition of Intraocular Tumors: An Atlas and Text provides greatly expanded coverage of benign and malignant lesions that affect the uveal tract, retina, and other intraocular structures. Both volumes are thoroughly updated and contain over 50 percent new material. Customers can order either of these two text/atlases separately, or save 15% by ordering them together as a set. Customers who order the set will also receive access to a Website featuring the entire fully searchable text and an image bank containing all the images. ... Read more