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Ulcerative and granulomatous colitis.

Abstract: This needed and well-written book deals with the pathology, radiology, clinical picture and surgery of ulcerative and granulomatous colitis. Each section was written by an authority in the field. No similar treatise is available on the same subject. The approach throughout is comprehensive and yet practical, reflecting extensive personal experience, research, and thoughtful analysis. Also of interest is a historical review of the medical history of ulcerative colitis and its relatively recent differentiation from granulomatous colitis. The book is profusely illustrated, with the radiologic chapter approaching atlas format. The volume contains excellent tables and drawings. The quality of the radiographic reproductions is average. New material is presented in the extensive review chapter of surgery. It comprises about one-third of the book. It covers the subject completely with sections on indications, choice of operation, preoperative preparation and postoperative care, results of surgery, and long-term complications. The section on long-term management of the patient with an ileostomy was written together with H. Honesty. The literature review is extensive in almost all chapters and as recent as 1971. Less attention is given to the more recent literature concerning the overlapping spectrum of radiologic signs in the two diseases and some of the limitations of the differential diagnosis in histopathologic analysis and gross findings. [(1) Glotzer DJ, Gardner RC, Goldman H, et al: Comparative features and course of ulcerative and granulomatous colitis. N Engl J Med 282: 582-587, 12 Mar 1970. (2) Hoffmann DC: Crohn's colitis: a diagnostic dilemma. Aust NZ J Surg 40:157-162, Nov 1970. (3) Margulis AR: The overlapping spectrum of radiologic signs in chronic ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease of the colon. Calif Med 119 :49-50, Nov 1973. (4) Schachter H, Goldstein MJ, Rappaport H, et al: Ulcerative and "granulomatous" colitis-validity of differential diagnostic criteria. A study of 100 patients treated by total colectomy. Ann Intern Med 72: 841-851, Jun 1970. (5) Stanley P, Fry IK, Dawson AM, et al: Radiological signs of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease of the colon. Clin Radiol22 :434-442, Oct 1971.] In summary, this comprehensive review by leading experts in their respective fields should be of great value to all physicians concerned with diagnosis and treatment of ulcerative and granulomatous colitis. H. JOACHIM BURHENNE, M.D.