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Book Review: The Clinical and Experimental Pheochromocytoma, Second Edition, by William Muir Manger and Ray W. Gifford

Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, Michigan 48201

Address correspondence to: James R. Sowers, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 St. Antoine, UHC-4H, Detroit, Michigan 48201.

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The Clinical and Experimental Pheochromocytoma, Second Edition by W. M. Manger and R. W. Gifford (Blackwell Science; Malden, MA; 1996), is a very scholarly treatise and update on pheochromocytoma, edited by two of the world’s experts on this subject. It is by far the most comprehensive and current text dealing with this important cause of secondary hypertension. This book is a must for anyone who works in experimental or clinical endocrine hypertension. Further, it should serve as an important reference text for those generally interested in hypertension, endocrinology, cardiology, clinical pharmacology, and primary care. The book also should serve as an important resource for invasive radiologists, anesthesiologists, and surgeons, who may encounter the onerous challenge of diagnosing and surgically treating patients with pheochromocytoma.

This book represents the second edition by Manger and Gifford on the subject of pheochromocytoma. The first edition was widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive text and best reference source on this important and somewhat uncommon disorder. The second edition is even more extensive with 570 pages. The current text maintains comprehensive sections on catecholamine metabolism, the genetics, embryology, pathophysiology and histopathology, and therapy of pheochromocytoma. The new edition updates our current understanding of the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, and management of this complex problem. The pathological, gross anatomical, and radiological plates /photographs are very informative and appropriately placed and are well-coordinated into the text of the book. In addition to updating those sections from the first edition, the authors have added a new section dealing with experimental pheochromocytoma in rodents as a model for this disease in humans.

The second edition continues in the format of the first, being written primarily by the two editors. Consequently, a consistency in style and form is present throughout the text. This consistency is also reflected by the exceptional integration of the 2000 total references throughout the text. Clearly, the authors are consummate clinicians who have called upon their extensive clinical experience, as well as on other experts in the area of catecholamine metabolism and pheochromocytoma, to create this successful effort. Finally, this book will be an important addition to medical school, hospital, and medical research libraries throughout the world.

Received September 9, 1997.

Revised October 20, 1997.

Accepted October 28, 1997.

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