Title: Chest radiology : the essentials /
Authors: Collins, Jannette.; Stern, Eric J.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Chest Radiography.; Chest Diseases Diagnosis.; Radiography, Thoracic methods; Lung Diseases radiography.; Thoracic Diseases radiography.
Abstract: Provides information for residents during chest radiology rotation and can be used as a review for oral examinations. Included are extensive halftone illustrations. A 'pattern approach,' using mnemonics as a learning tool, is followed.
Contents: Normal anatomy of the chest -- Signs and patterns of lung disease --Interstitial lung disease -- Alveolar lung disease -- Monitoring and support devices--"tubes and lines" -- Mediastinal masses -- Solitary and multiple pulmonary nodules -- Chest trauma -- Pleura, chest wall, and diaphragm -- Upper lung disease, infection, and immunity -- Atelectasis -- Peripheral lung disease -- Airways -- Unilateral hyperlucent hemithorax -- Neoplasms of the lung -- Congenital lung disease -- Pulmonary vasculature disease -- Congenital and acquired cardiac disease -- Thoracic aorta -- Self-assessment.