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by P. G. Gerlings, 165 pp, 216 illus, $79.50, Baltimore, University Park Press, 1979.

AVRIM R. EDEN, MD, Reviewer
Galveston, Tex

Arch Otolaryngol. 1981;107(2):131.

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Professor Gerlings has collected examples of the most common benign and malignant tumors of the ear and temporal bone from the many cases seen at the Universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht, the Netherlands, during 50 years. The book begins with a brief pictorial review of the microanatomy of the temporal bone by way of a series of normal vertical and horizontal temporal bone sections. This is followed by chapters on tumors of the external ear, the middle and inner ears, and the internal auditory canal. There is also a useful chapter on tumor-like lesions such as keratoacanthoma, histiocytosis X, neurosarcoidosis, and Wegener's granulomatosis.

An atlas is rightly, judged by the quality of its illustrations, and an atlas of the ear is inevitably judged by comparison with Harold Schuknecht's standard-setting Pathology of the Ear. Although the color illustrations in this book are good, there is considerable variation in contrast and clarity . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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