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With both a stellar national and indeed international reputation, the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism has put together a beautifully illustrated and highly instructive colour atlas, assisted by extensive collaboration with many other clinical departments. The illustrations remain outstanding, the text is clear and informative, and the success of the first edition implies that it has indeed been highly educative and useful.
Foreword : Prof. Ashley Grossman
Endocrinology is a very visual specialty. While, as always, a good and detailed history is essential, probably in no other specialisation other than perhaps dermatology is the physical appearance of patients more vital in coming to a correct diagnosis. Patients with Cushing’s syndrome and acromegaly, in particular, have languished for years before the diagnosis was suspected and treatment instituted, and in many other areas recognition of clear clinical features is either ignored, missed, or misattributed. In diabetes, many of the changes over time, particularly those due to a variety of complications, require careful clinical inspection and recognition in order to initiate prompt and often life-saving interventions. Furthermore, both diabetes and endocrinology are increasingly dependent on accurate interpretation of radiological imaging, be it with ultrasound, CT scanning, MRI or radionuclide scanning. It is therefore of great importance that we focus on the visualisation of all aspects of endocrinology and diabetes, and their complications. It is in the light of these considerations, that these authors published their initial atlas some years ago, and it is due to the clear success of this project that I am now delighted to welcome a second edition. As before, it is very much based on the concept of a case-based approach, which has been shown to be an ideal manner to aid the trainee doctor and help educate even experienced clinicians in sharpening their clinical skills, and so assisting in patient management.
As I previously note in my foreword to the first edition, it is especially fitting that this dual approach of teaching endocrinology and diabetes by highly visual techniques and case-based studies comes from the Christian Medical College in Vellore, as one of the most highly praised and accomplished medical centres in Tamil Nadu, India. With both a stellar national and indeed international reputation, the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism has put together a beautifully illustrated and highly instructive color atlas, assisted by extensive collaboration with many other clinical departments. The illustrations remain outstanding, the text is clear and informative, and the success of the first edition implies that it has indeed been highly educative and useful.
I am delighted to introduce this new edition and, as originally suspected, it is indeed set to become a standard reference in Endocrinology and Diabetes.
Prof Ashley Grossman FMedSci
Professor of Endocrinology
Oxford Centre for Diabetes
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Radcliffe Dept. of Medicine
University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital
Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
