Cytojournal 2006;3:26 — Zainab Basir, Milwauke, Wisconsin
The Atlas of Salivary Gland Tumor Cytopathology, Oral & Surgical Pathology as a CDROM version is a very welcome edition to the library of any pathologist for quick reference. The pathology of salivary gland tumors is so varied and the tumors are infrequently encountered in many pathology practices. Therefore, to have easy access with the Cytopathology CD-ROM to both cytologic features and surgical morphology in the same text is a very valuable tool for easy reference during sign out. It is also a useful tool for teaching residents and fellows.

The authors have organized this CD-ROM into convenient chapters. In the sections on specific tumors, the authors have nicely provided tables, brief cytologic and surgical text and excellent colored photographs with key features highlighted. Some photographs use arrows to illustrate the salient features. The majority of the photographs are of high quality, although an occasional one has been taken at too low power to fully discern the specific features.

I would recommend this CD-ROM in the cytology sign out room as a very useful quick reference for differential diagnosis of salivary gland tumors. The CD-ROM is easy to use, very concise in the information provided with high quality colored illustrations.
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ENT News 2006, November/December, page 82
— Patrick J. Bradley, Nottingham, England
This is a novel way to present information to clinicians who are busy, and allows a review of the extensive supporting references that the authors have incorporated into the text of this presentation. This second edition is an extensively revision and updating from the first edition of 1996.

This teaching manual will run on any version of Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 98 to Windows XP. No software is needed, as the programme used to launch and display the text and images is self-contained on the CD. An accompanying manual is provided to aid the "illiterate computer buff" – such as me!

I was able to view the Oral and Surgical Pathology Disc 1. The authors state that the approach taken within this presentation is not designed to promote a particular classification scheme, or necessarily to devise a new one, but to detail diagnostic criteria and provide appropriate and comprehensive illustrations to assist the pathologist in categorizing salivary gland tumours.

The table of contents included the normal salivary gland, benign and malignant tumours as well as non-neoplastic and miscellaneous lesions. There is extensive cross connections between the different chapters and sections. There is also a huge wealth of histological images in an image gallery. The references are extensive and are as recent as 2005, the most up to date reference available, with critical comments.

This method of information is new to me and I would recommend this format of both discs to pathologists and cytopathologist in training, as well as practicing clinicians, I would also recommend Disc 1 to surgeons, who have a special interest in salivary gland diseases and disorders. This is well produced and certainly will get more reading than the current standard textbooks, which sit on the bookshelf, more as a trophy than as a source of information! Well done!
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