Pearls and pitfalls in thoracic imaging
Subtitle: variants and other difficult diagnoses
By: edited by Thomas Hartman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521119078
Subjects: Thoracic Diseases; Differential Diagnosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Chest; Case studies; Imaging; Diagnosis; Case Reports; Diseases
Description: "How often have you been confronted with an image on a thoracic CT exam where you knew it didn't look 'normal', but you weren't sure whether it was 'abnormal' either? And if it is abnormal, is there a specific diagnosis you should be able to make directly off the images? Pearls and Pitfalls in Thoracic Imaging is your one-stop resource to answer questions such as: Is this a normal variant or a disease-related abnormality? Are these findings specific for an uncommon disease and if so what is the diagnosis? Is this set of findings strongly suggestive of a diagnosis? Which additional imaging test will allow me to be confident in that diagnosis? Could the 'abnormality' be due to an artifact mimicking disease? Written by leading thoracic radiologists from Mayo Clinic and with concise, image-rich descriptions, Pearls and Pitfalls in Thoracic Imaging is an invaluable diagnostic tool for every radiologist"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface; Airways Thomas Hartman; Lung parenchyma David Levin; Mediastinum John Hildebrandt; Esophagus John Barlow; Aorta Patrick Eiken; Vascular Anne-Marie Sykes; Pericardium Rebecca Lindell; Pleura Rebecca Lindell; Diaphragm Rebecca Lindell; Lymphatics John Hildebrandt; PET and PET/CT Patrick Peller; Artifacts Anne-Marie Sykes; Index.