Maizels M, Cuneo BF, Sabbagha RE, eds. Fetal Anomalies. Ultrasound Diagnosis and Postnatal Management. 281 pages. New York: Wiley-Liss Inc., 2002. Hardback: ISBN 0 471 38052 0, price GBP 118.00/Euro 188.20. According to the preface, the purpose of this book is to illustrate, in a concise manner, the latest developments in the field of diagnostic ultrasound and the emerging necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to optimize fetal and infant care. All three editors and seven out of eight contributors are from North-Western University or University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA. It is stated that the idea of the publication grew out of meetings held by ‘The Institute for the Unborn Baby’ (http://www.iub.org), a consortium of obstetric, genetic and pediatric specialists who have regular meetings to discuss the diagnosis and management of fetuses and newborns with various abnormalities diagnosed in the institutions within the Chicago area. They have dedicated their book to ‘the families who will come to learn of an ultrasound finding in their unborn baby’. Reader target groups are colleagues − doctors and sonographers working with prenatal ultrasound diagnosis and postnatal management of congenital anomalies. The book consists of 12 chapters on the first trimester of pregnancy, the 10–14-week scan, detection of trisomies 21 and 18, the fetal face and neck, the fetal central nervous system, the fetal chest and abdomen, the fetal urinary tract, diagnosis of fetal structural genital anomalies, polycystic kidney disease and renal transplantation, the fetal heart, skeletal dysplasias and musculo-skeletal abnormalities and pediatric anesthesia. The chapters, except three, are each followed by a list of suggested reading, in which the most recent references are from 1998 and 1999. The book is well illustrated with many ultrasound pictures, of which some are a bit old, and eight pages with color illustrations. The two largest chapters of the book are on the fetal urinary tract and on the fetal heart – both on 70 pages. The chapter on the fetal heart is especially well illustrated regarding postnatal treatment, with many excellent drawings showing how pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons try to correct the different anomalies. In summary, even though the book is not a ‘must’, it might be a useful supplement in the handbook library in fetal medicine units and at centers counselling parents on congenital malformations.