The term "acute abdomen" refers to a serious, often progressive clinical situation that calls for immediate diagnostic and therapeutic action. Today, diagnosis via imaging has basically replaced the physical examination in the emergency room and the Radiologist has become of pri…
The Second Edition is the key to identifying features on images that can impede accurate diagnosis, particularly normal anatomic variants and technical artifacts that mimic pathology. Covering the abdomen, pelvis, and thorax and all current imaging modalities, this sourcebook ex…
Body Imaging: Thorax and Abdomen reflects the realities of your everyday work: it describes the principal anatomic landmarks so that you can orient yourself in the chest and abdomen with speed and confidence, interpret the findings, and make a diagnosis.
Imaging of various body regions -- Head and neck -- Mediastinum -- Heart and pericardium -- Major vessels -- Lung and pleura -- Breast -- Liver -- Gallbladder and biliary tract -- Pancreas -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Spleen and lymphatic system -- Adrenal glands -- Kidney and u…
