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by Jerry A. Shields and Carol L. Shields, 350 pp, with 1109 color photographs, 19 black-and-white photographs, and 18 color illustrations, ISBN 0-7817-1915-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:1575.

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The authors are prolific writers and well-recognized experts within the discipline of ophthalmic oncology and related disciplines. They have produced a beautiful, unique, and clinically useful atlas. The book is divided into 2 sections: one covering tumors and pseudotumors of the eyelids, and the other covering tumors and pseudotumors of the conjunctiva.

The first section contains 15 chapters, the last of which is a well-illustrated but brief discussion of surgical management of eyelid tumors. Each of the other 14 chapters uses a simple, reader-friendly format in which the pathologic characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of each entity are discussed on the left-hand page. The facing page contains select useful references and 6 related figures, including clinical photographs, photomicrographs, and imaging studies or surgical specimens where appropriate.

The second section contains 10 chapters, and, again, the last chapter is dedicated to surgical technique. The same useful organization scheme for each chapter is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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