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BOOK REVIEW
Luigi Mansi1
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One of the most important goals that a scientist can dream of concerning non-oncology areas have been however updated,
achieving is to publish a book with his/her name in the title. also including new images and information.
This is what happens in the Osborn’s Brain: Imaging, Pathology More precisely, the 1400-page book with approximately
and Anatomy, now at its third edition, arriving 30 years after 4000 images and diagrams of high technical and educational
the pivotal book Diagnostic Neuroradiology, also known as the quality, which represent all the most important pathological
Red Book, one of the all-time bestselling neuroradiology texts. conditions, including the less frequent ones, and also containing
If the aspiration to have a book personalized with your an enhanced digital version, is organized into six sections which
own surname is a dream for the vast majority of scientific concern respectively: (1) trauma; (2) non-traumatic haemor-
authors, this is instead a reality for Anne G. Osborn, who rhage and vascular lesions; (3) infection, inflammation and
deserves the honour and justification of her name in the title, demyelinating diseases; (4) neoplasms, cysts and tumour-like
thanks to its impressive curriculum, which even today con- lesions; (5) toxic, metabolic, degenerative and CSF disorders;
tinues to develop towards the future. (6) congenital malformations and genetic tumour syndromes.
Anne G. Osborn, one of the most important and influential The great personality and experience of Dr. Osborn created
international personalities in neuroradiology, is currently a the conditions that the text, substantially based on the previous
University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Radiol- editions, appears homogeneous in its structure and composi-
ogy and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah, in Salt tion with chapters that are all in-depth and updated, written in
Lake City. This edition, which saw the collaboration of many a clear manner, yet easily understandable even by non-super-
contributors, was edited together with Luke L. Linscott, Paedi- specialists. In fact, it is interesting to note how, although there
atric Neuroradiologist at the Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt are many authors, the overall vision is similar, defined by the
Lake City, and Karen L. Salzman, Neuroradiologist, Professor teaching experience and multidisciplinary vision of Osborn,
of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah. who considers the active correlation between neuropathology,
This edition arrives almost 5 years after the second and neurosurgery and clinical neurosciences important within a
has substantial changes compared to the previous one, due to neuroradiological information that must not only make a diag-
the entry into clinical practice, in late 2021, of the fifth edi- nosis, but also identify classification criteria and information
tion of the WHO Classification of Tumours: Central Nervous related to prognosis and therapy.
System Tumours. This document has partially revolution- The main target of the book is clearly neuroradiologists
ized the management and evaluation criteria of the brain both in training and already active in clinical practice. The rel-
neoplasms, actually mainly based on molecular pathology, evance and authoritativeness of the text also make it a book of
determining a substantial revision and extension of chapters interest to all those, radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons,
related to oncological issues. At the same time, the sections oncologists, pathologists and all professionals interested in
the brain, either as seasoned practitioner or resident or fellow.
* Luigi Mansi
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