"THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION OF THIS EYE PATHOLOGY ATLAS from Ralph Eagle. To the author’s credit, he has made an excellent atlas even better. The text is now in the standard portrait format, which makes it more user friendly. The excellence of the first edition, primarily designed as an atlas and “basic text,” was marred by the deficient quality of some of the photographs. This deficiency has been addressed in the new edition, and the 259 new photographs are of superb quality. The clinical or gross photographs are typically included alongside photomicrographs of the same pathological entity. In the first edition, the text was totally separate from and preceded the figures, which were presented 4 to a page. The organization of each chapter has now been modified so that the figures are embedded within the text in a format more typical of textbooks.
The second edition of Eye Pathology: An Atlas and Text is invaluable as a study tool for ophthalmic pathology and well worth the purchase price. The review questions alone make this an exceptionally useful resource for ophthalmology residents. The book is not as comprehensive as some ophthalmic pathology textbooks, but it is not meant to be. It is, however, one of the best ophthalmic pathology study resources available and should be a part of any ophthalmologist’s library. No ophthalmology resident should be without it."
Jay Ira Perlman, MD, PhD, Journal of the American Medical Association, July 2011
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Eye Pathology:An Atlas and Text is a superb, comprehensive ocular pathology text book. Its 310 pages pack an encyclopedic wealth of clinical, histopathological, and electron microscopic pictures in a large and easy to view format. The text is well written and includes a helpful list of detailed references at the end of each chapter. The ability to access the book online to download pictures from an image bank and take an interactive test (over 400 questions) on the subject material facilitates learning. Reading the book is analogous to having a 3 star Michelin dinner: each chapter is better than the previous one. Eye Pathology: An Atlas and Text belongs on every ophthalmologist's and surgical pathologist's shelf. It is suitable for not only residents in training but also ophthalmologists and pathologists who are perplexed by diagnostic challenges in a clinical setting. Having practiced ophthalmology for over 30 years, I anticipate that this book will become an ocular pathology classic.
