Book Review: Colour Atlas of Paediatric Hematology

Colour Atlas of Paediatric Hematology
Author(s): Hann, Lake, Lilleyman and Prichard
Hann, Lake, Lilleyman & Prichard. Colour Atlas of Paediatric Hematology, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 1996, n.p., $160 hardbound.

This is the 3rd edition of the Colour Atlas of Paediatric Hematology by Hann, Lake, Lilleyman & Prichard. This new volume differs from its predecessor in several ways. The disease classifications have been updated and new ones added. Some of the legends have been rewritten. New figures of rare disorders, especially in the storage diseases, have been added. New techniques for diagnosis, for instance, fluorescent in situ hybridizatine (FISH), are discussed and excellent pictures added.

This edition, as well as the two previous editions, have done an excellent job of describing and depicting the normal and abnormal morphology seen in the peripheral blood and bone marrow of neonates and children.
In the chapter on congenital RBC disorders they have added a good photomicrograph of triose phosphate isomeiase deficiency. They have added a picture of a smear of a patient with Hgb "CC" disease and removed the previous one labeled C trait.
The chapters on neutrophils, Iymphocytes and platelets have been greatly expanded. The LE prep showing an LE cell has been removed and replaced by a photomicrograph of specific granule deficiency. The morphologic findings in a child with Castleman's syndrome are illustrated. The photomicrograph on the gray platelet syndrome is markedly improved.
The chapters on leukemias, myeloproliferative syndromes, Iymphomas and tumor infiltration of the BM have been reorganized and expanded and the use of the new technique FISH illustrated. At the end of the chapter on myeloproliferative disorder, Pearson's syndrome, a mitrochondrial disorder, is described. As mentioned in the beginning of this review,the chapter on storage disease is expanded and new illustrations added.
The Appendix of the 2nd edition has been replaced and greatly expanded by a chapter called Reference Values and gives the normal ranges for RBC's, WBC's, platelets and progenitor cells before and after birth and through childhood.
Although this is an excellent atlas, this reviewer is a little disappointed that the authors did not take this opportunity to improve their photomicrographs from their 2nd edition. Also there is not that much new material in the 3rd edition; if you already have a 2nd edition, you probably don't need the 3rd.

Reviewer Name: Teresa J. Vietti, MD
Reviewer Information: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri

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