There are several ways to learn and teach chest radiology. The standard textbooks usually include a large number of disorders and the findings that are seen in each one of them. This format is particularly useful if the reader already knows what disorder the patient has and wants to learn more about it. However, in daily practice we are typically faced with a radiograph or CT image in a patient with an unknown condition and are asked to provide a specific diagnosis or a short differential diagnosis. Experienced chest radiologists usually have no difficulty providing the most likely differential diagnosis based on the pattern and distribution of findings and the clinical context. However, residents in training, respiratory physicians, and radiologists in general practice often have difficulty recognizing the main features that allow the expert to suggest a specific diagnosis. The aim of this book is to provide an overview of chest imaging based on key examples, or teaching files.
This teaching file book contains 200 cases that we consider key to learn and review the main concepts in chest radiology. They form the core teaching file of a chest radiologist with 25 years of experience in the field and one of the key learning and now teaching sources of a more junior chest radiologist.
This book is aimed at radiology residents, pulmonary physicians, and general radiologists with an interest in chest imaging. We believe that it provides a reasonably straightforward overview of the essential aspects of chest radiology, and we hope that it will succeed in making the subject enjoyable and gratifying to the reader.
- The Authors -
Key Features
- Presents 200 cases and nearly 600 high-quality images that help you make an informed diagnosis.
- Features the full text online, including 100 extra cases, all of the book's illustrations, plus 300 additional images, that let you selectively turn on/off labels to test your knowledge and gain easy recall, and links to Medline for convenient referencing anytime, anywhere.
- Discusses the most up-to-date radiologic modalities and technologies to keep you current in your practice.
- Provides brief but thorough descriptions of findings putting the information you need at your fingertips.
- Offers suggested readings of the most important references for more information on specific topics of interest.
- Structures every chapter consistently to include Demographics/Clinical History, Findings, Discussion, Characteristic/Clinical Features, Radiologic Findings, Primary Differential Diagnosis, and Suggested Readings to make reference a snap.
Website Features
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
Index of Cases
- 1 Focal Consolidation: Acute Causes
- 2 Focal Consolidation: Chronic Causes
- 3 Multifocal Consolidation: Acute Causes
- 4 Multifocal Consolidation: Chronic Causes
- 5 Diffuse Consolidation: Acute Causes
- 6Diffuse Consolidation: Chronic Causes
- 7 Central Consolidation (Butterfly or Batwing Distribution)
- 8 Peripheral Consolidation (Reverse Pulmonary Edema Pattern)
- 9 Unilateral Hyperlucent Lung
- 10 Septal Pattern: Definition and Differential Diagnosis
- 11 Hyperlucent Lung, Bilateral
- 12 Reticular Pattern on a Chest Radiograph
- 13 Reticular Pattern on High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- 14 Cystic Pattern on High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- 15 Ground-Glass Pattern in Acute Lung Disease
- 16 Ground-Glass Pattern in Chronic Lung Disease
- 17 Crazy Paving Pattern on High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- 18 Mosaic Attenuation and Mosaic Perfusion Pattern
- 19 Air Trapping
- 20 Small Nodular Pattern, Chest Radiograph
- 21 Perilymphatic Nodular Pattern on High-Resolution
- 22 Centrilobular Nodules on High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- and more
About the Authors
- C. Isabela S. Silva, MD, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Nestor L. Müller, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia; Head and Medical Director, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 1 Har/Psc edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 141606110X
- ISBN-13: 978-1416061106
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
List Price: $142.00