They have shared their vast experience in the field of ocular oncology with their colleagues. This time, they have done so with an atlas, rather than a textbook. The result is outstanding and exceeds the atlas that Jerry Shields did with Drs Sanborn and Gonders in 1994. The current atlas contains 1482 figures that include superb clinical photos, an appropriate number of histopathologic photomicrographs, and an appropriate number of schematic illustrations. I emphasize this because I have been so disappointed with the suboptimal quality of the photographs in other recent ophthalmology texts.
Nothing is perfect.
I would be remiss as a reviewer if I did not point out a few flaws and mistakes. I emphasize however, that these are minor and do not detract from the overall quality of the book. I have a personal preference for the liberal yet judicious use of arrows and labels on photos. Admittedly, the overwhelming majority of the clinical photographs in this book do not need labels and arrows. The key pathologic features may be obvious for most ophthalmologists, but these same key features are not necessarily obvious to medical students, first-year ophthalmology residents, surgical pathologists, or nonophthalmologist physicians, all of whom would gain much by reading this book.