PERSPECTIVES IN PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY. Edited by H. S. Rosenberg, M.D., and R. P. Bolande, M.D. Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers; vol. I: 1973, $27.50, 406 pp; vol. II: 1975, $27.50, 318 pp

摘要

Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology is a new periodical designed to fill the void "between individual studies published in a monthly journal and the necessarily concise and frequently dated material in the texts." Its content, edited by a distinguished board of pediatric pathologists, is aimed at a broad audience of pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, radiologists, obstetricians, perinatologists, and pathologists. Each volume consists of nine or ten chapters, written by authorities in the field. Each review serves to synthesize and clarify the pathogenesis of recognized pediatric diseases and, in addition, helps define evolving knowledge. Volume I offers reviews in the areas of immunology and infectious disease (the phagocytic system, postsplenectomy sepsis, and intrauterine rubella), nephrology (hereditary disorders of the kidney, childhood nephritis), developmental defects (tracheobronchial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta), oncology (mesoblastic nephroma), and laboratory methods (electron microscopy). There is also a thorough review of the histiocytosis syndromes. The second volume includes material from the areas of perinatology (hyaline membrane disease, placental pathology), neurology (leukodystrophy), oncology (peripheral neuroectodermal tumors), immunology and infectious disease (DiGeorge's syndrome), and developmental defects (Hirschsprung's disease). In addition, the unique problems of sudden infant death syndrome and cystic fibrosis are discussed.Each of the chapters provides helpful photographs of gross and microscopic material. Clinicopathologic correlations are made effectively and major points are summarized at the end of most of the articles. The reviews and their excellent bibliographies provide a balanced emphasis on laboratory investigation and clinical studies. Where applicable, the importance of tissue sampling to patient management is also discussed.