REVIEW IN “ANNALS OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY & LARYNGOLOGY”

Endoscopic Colour Atlas of Ear Diseases                      Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd      Author : Khan Mubarak, Parab Sapna                                                                  ISBN: 978-93-5025-166-9 PRICE: $ 65 EDITION: 1/e / 2011 PAGES: 190 SIZE: 8.5"×11" http://www.annals.com/toc/auto_article_process.php?year=2011&page=422&id=15724&sn=0

REVIEW IN “ANNALS OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY & LARYNGOLOGY”

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Endoscopic Color Atlas of Ear Diseases is a first edition comprehensive review of common ear diseases.  The pictorial narrative of more than 250 photographs includes variations of normal otoscopic anatomy. Khan and Parab use minimum prose and preface each section with a brief overview of pathogenesis and tympanic membrane morphology accompanied by references for the interested reader to pursue in other sources. It is clear that the atlas is intended to supplement rather than replace more comprehensive otoscopic atlases.

This text is a valuable resource for residents seeking a basic tour of endoscopic pathology in otologic disease processes. Deeper discussion of pathogenesis in select areas would have bolstered the utility of this photo atlas. Sufficient explanation of pathology is provided in each introductory section, and normal-anatomy section is equally important to orient the reader.

David Conrad , MD

John Bent, MD

Bronx, New York

REVIEW OF BOOK IN JIMA

JIMA, Volume 110, Number o1, January 2012

 
Book Review"Endoscopic Color Atlas of Ear Diseases" by Dr Mubarak 

                              Khan and Dr Sapna Parab.

 THE book contains endoscopic photographs of almost all thediseases of external ear and middle ear. The number of endoscopic photographs is 271-quite large.The atlas is well documented with excellent illustrations covering rare as well as common ear diseases and will be helpful as a reference book for all the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, consulting ENT surgeons and general practitioners.

The photographs are of good quality except a few ones which needs improvements.

The authors deserve heartiest congratulations for such a useful and novel presentation.

---- Utpal Jana,

      Asso Professor,

      NRS Medical College Kolkata

REVIEW OF OUR BOOK" ENDOSCOPIC COLOR ATLAS OF EAR DISEASES" BY PROF. UGO FISCH

for review. I apologize for having taken so much time to give my opinion on
your excellent book.

I have enjoyed very much your well printed extensive collection of
endoscopic images of the external ear.The quality  (sharpness and color) of
the pictures is not always perfect but the material you have accumulated
through the years is so exentensive and complete to make it a very valid
otologic reference book.

I have had some difficulty with the text explaining the illustrations
because our classification of ear diseases differs from yours (s. our
book:Tympanoplasty,Mastoidectomy,ans Stapes Surgery U.Fisch, J.May, Th.
Linder Thieme 2008).

"Skin in the wrong place"  becomes (according to H.Schuknecht) a
cholesteatoma only when there is an associated "accumulation of keratin".The
evidence of accumulated keratin is therefore essential to diagnose the
presence of a cholesteatoma on an otoscopic image.
In chronic suppurative otitis media we divide perforations of the tympanic
membrane  only in "central and marginal". A postero-superior marginal
peforation carries a high risk of development of a secundary acquired
cholesteatoma.No perforation is "safe".

These are only two exemples of a different evaluation of the otoscopic
pictures due to a (well understandable) difference in the definition of ear
deseases.

In the pre- and postoperative cases it would have been helpful to have some
indications on the hearing results. In general I would have also expected
some remarks on the extent of pneumatization of the temporal bones,
particularly in cases requiring open or closed cavities. Radiologic Imaging
for us is indispensable for a correct evaluation of middle ear infections.

Altogether your have produced a very valuable Atlas documenting nearly all
possible ear diseases and you deserve for this accomplishment a lot of
recognition.

Thank you for having sent to me your book and very best wishes for 2012.

sicerely your's

Prof. U. Fisch