Radiology in Neuro-Ophthalmology.

Abstract

By Guido Lom-bardi, M.D. Cloth, $13.25. Pp. 244, with 167 figures and 26 tables. Baltimore, Md., Williams & Wilkins, 1967. The author is a well recognized authority in the field of radiology, who has made many contributions to our knowledge of neuroradiology and radiologic diseases of the head and neck. In this volume he has collected material which usually extends outside the classic boundaries of neuroradiology. The textbook has been needed and will remain unchallenged for some time. It is up to date in references and also includes the pertinent references of the past. Each of the ten chapters listed in the Table of Contents is furnished with an adequate number of excellent quality x-ray reproductions accompanied by clear legends. The radiologist who is responsible for the radiographic evaluation of the head and neck should be well acquainted with the neuro-ophthalmologic problems; pneumoencephalography and angiography must be supplemented by tomography, orbitography, and venography. The book may be divided into three parts—problems of the optic orbit and of the parasellar and paranasal regions. These problems, of course, are common to the ophthalmologist, the neurosurgeon, and the otorhinologist. A complete radiologic approach is needed in these select areas where too often mistakes have occurred when too great a reliance was placed upon clinical acumen and judgment. The book is recommended to all specialists who need to be familiar with diseases of the head and neck.