Welkoborsky H-J, Wiechens B, Hinni ML. Interdisciplinary Management of Orbital Diseases: Textbook and Atlas. Thieme; 2017; 354 pp; 689 ill; $169.99

Although written with ophthalmologists in mind, this beautifully illustrated and practical textbook, Interdisciplinary Management of Orbital Diseases, edited by Drs. Welkoborsky, Wiechens, and Hinni, has information to offer to neuroradiologists, particularly those who deal with a large volume of imaging of orbital disease. It is not the 20-page chapter on orbital imaging that would make this book appealing to our specialty (this specific material is covered more extensively in radiology texts); rather, it is the wealth of clinical material, patient photographs, histopathology, ophthalmoscopic images, genetics, and in some cases treatment including operative photographs, that could be of value.

This 340-page hardcover book covers orbital anatomy, pathophysiology, clinical examination, imaging, eye/eyelid disease, orbital complications from diseases primarily outside the orbit, endocrine disease, trauma, pathology, tumors (of the orbit and skull base), surgery, radiotherapy, and reconstructive orbital surgery.

This book can be recommended to your ophthalmology colleagues but is not considered a primary purchase for a radiologist.