Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Genetics. Series: Essentials in Ophthalmology

Edited by B. Loren and A.T. Moore. $119, New York: Springer-Verlag; 2006, 240 illustrations.

This book, part of the Essentials in Ophthalmology, is edited by Drs. Brigit Lorenz and Anthony Moore, both of whom are well-known pediatric ophthalmologists. This 240-page volume contains a number of chapters that may be of general interest to neuroradiologists, particularly for those at children’s hospitals who are involved in pediatric head and neck imaging. The section with the greatest applicability to imaging involves pediatric ocular oncology. This 20-page chapter includes excellent color plates of children and infants with a wide range of tumors, including eyelid, conjunctival, intraocular, and orbital tumors. For those who would like to know what the optic discs look like in various diseases such as retinoblastomas, capillary hemangiomas, or melanocytomas or the appearance of some of these patients, this book provides such pictures. Although this is not a publication that neuroradiologists would ordinarily purchase, it may be an appropriate volume for a hospital or medical school library for ready reference.