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CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
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By
Jack Kanski, MD, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth, Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Prince Charles Eye Unit, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, UK
Reviews
Clinical Diagnosis in
Ophthalmology
Jack J Kanski
USA: Elsevier Mosby, 2006
601 pages, RPR $290.00
Reviewed by IAN S DOUGLAS,
Department
of Optometry and Vision
Sciences, The University of Melbourne
E-mail:
i.douglas@optomery.unimelb.edu.au
Jack Kanski is well
known in the area of
ophthalmic disease, having written numerous
excellent books over many years.
This first edition is an atlas
rather than
a textbook and so does not include descriptions
of symptoms, treatment or any
information relating to differential
diagnosis.
Each image has a brief descriptive
note.
The book is divided into 18 chapters
encompassing all aspects of ocular
disease,
including congenital and inherited abnormalities,
trauma and strabismus. Each
chapter has a series of subheadings,
under
which specific conditions with a number
of appropriate images are listed. For example,
in the chapter on eyelids one of
the
15 sub-headings is ?Viral infections of
the lid', which is further broken down into
the specific conditions of Herpes zoster
ophthalmicus,
Herpes simplex and molluscum
contagiosum, with an excellent
selection of images for each condition.
The index lists all of these
conditions,
allowing them to be easily found in the
body of the book. Where appropriate,
there are also images of the systemic
disease
associated with the ocular condition.
The quality of reproduction of the
images is excellent and throughout the
book
there are numerous high quality
drawings by the renowned ophthalmic artist
TR Tarrant. Where appropriate, there
are also images
of supportive tests such as
X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, angiograms and
OCT scans.
The book includes a single-user CDROM
that
has the images and their
descriptions in digital form. The CD-ROM
has all the images that are in the book and
includes a search
function, which gives
quick and easy access. There is an export
function, which allows for the images to
be cut and pasted into
documents and
presentations such as PowerPoint. Their
quality is more than adequate for use in a
PowerPoint presentation or
slide-show.
The CD-ROM works well on PCs running
Windows 95 onwards. Unfortunately,
it required a little more skill to get it
to
run on a Macintosh with OS9 or Classic,
and it is not possible to run it on the latest
Macintosh operating system Tiger,
which
has been available in Australia for about
one year.
Both the book and CD-ROM are very
useful in a clinical setting
for showing
patients the conditions they have. The CDROM
is an excellent source of images for
teaching purposes, with the images
easily
exported into teaching presentations. The
only disadvantage is that it will not run on
the latest Macintosh computers.
As a reference
book to help differentially diagnose
a condition, it is less useful, but it is
helpful in putting a name to a
condition
by comparing the image with the patient's
ocular features.
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