Maladies du squelette: Syndrome d'Albright; xanthomatose osseuse; granulome éosinophile des os; neurofibromatose osseuse; mélorhéostose maladie de Milkman; ostéolyse essentielle; myélomes

This beautifully published book consists of a series of unrelated short essays on several rare bone disorders which have interested the authors. In spite of its title, there is no attempt to present a comprehensive view of skeletal disease. The subject headings include Albright's syndrome, diseases related to but not identical with that syndrome, solitary xanthomatoses, eosinophilic granuloma, bone lesions of neurofibromatosis, melorrheostosis, Milkman's disease, "essential osteolysis" and multiple myeloma. The sections on disorders related to Albright's syndrome, neurofibromatosis, melorrheostosis and osteolysis are outstanding. Here the authors speak from extensive personal experience, and their well documented presentation is a valuable contribution to the literature on rare bone lesions. There is a profusion of excellently reproduced photographs and roentgenograms, though the pathologic material is unfortunately meager. The other sections offer little new to those fortunate enough to have had access to the recent medical literature in English. They are primarily a