Radiology

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Pocket-sized reference of commonly encountered conditions for students and residents. Presents a brief overview of radiologic anatomy, as well as a basic approach to organizing image analysis and decision making. Illustrated. Trim size: 7.5 x 4.5 inches. DNLM: Diagnostic Imaging--handbooks.

Preface

vii

(2)

Acknowledgments

ix

(2)

Contributors

xi

1. OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL RADIOLOGY

1

(16)

Background

Physics/How Images Are Formed

Communication/Language

Organized Approach

Modalities

Checklist

Relative Cost of Studies

2. CHEST

17

(38)

Chest Cookbook

Killers: Free Air/Pneumothorax

Technique

Portable Chest X-Ray

Tubes and Lines

Pneumomediastinum/Pneumopericardium

Pleural Effusions

Bones and Soft Tissues

Mediastinum/Vessels/Lymphadenopathy

Heart

Lungs

Pulmonary Edema

Pulmonary Vascular Patterns

Alveolar Versus Interstitial Patterns

Airspace Disease

Other Lung Diseases

Lung Cancer Pearls

Pulmonary Embolus (PE)

Segmental Anatomy

Lateral Film

Differential Diagnosis (DDX)

3. NEURORADIOLOGY

55

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Part I Basics

Plain Films

Fractures

Physics

C-Spine

C-Spine Cookbook

Spine and Disc Disease

Plain Film Trauma Pearls

Part II Trauma and Blood

Physics

Head CT Cookbook

CT of Head Trauma

CT Trauma Pearls

Bleeds

Edema

CT Versus MR

MR Basics

Part III Nontraumatic

Aneurysms and SAH

Stroke

Hydrocephalus

CSF Plumbing

Cisterns and Ventricles Basic Pearls

Clinical Pearls

Differential Diagnosis (DDX) Patterns

4. ABDOMEN/GASTROINTESTINAL

93

(28)

What to Order and When

X-Ray Interpretation

Abdomen Cookbook Checklist

Bowel Gas Pattern

Obstruction Versus Ileus

Obstruction

Bowel Wall Thickening

Free Intraperitoneal Air

Volvulus

Intussusception

GI Bleed

Barium Studies/Fluoroscopy

Barium Orders/Technique

CT Abdomen

Gallstones/Cholecystitis

Pancreatitis

Appendicitis

Diverticulitis/Abscess

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abdominal Trauma

Pearls with Names

5. GENITOURINARY

121

(14)

Plain Film (KUB)/Hematuria/Calcification

Ultrasound/Nuclear Medicine

Unenhanced CT

Miscellaneous Pearls

IVP

IVP Pearls

Masses and Cysts on US, CT, or MR

Trauma

Trauma Pearls

Testicle

Pelvic Ultrasound

MR and Women's Imaging

GU Pearls with Names

6. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES

135

(16)

Child Abuse/Trauma

Growth-Plate Fractures

Fractures

Bone

Neck and Throat

Chest

Abdominal Emergencies

Testicular Torsion

Brain US

Congenital Heart Disease Pearls

7. BONE/MUSCULOSKELETAL

151

(18)

X-Rays

Bone Scan and Magnetic Resonance (MR)

Periostitis

Fractures

Upper Extremity Fractures with Names

Lower Extremity Fractures with Names

Osteonecroses or Avascular Necroses (AVN) with Names

Trauma Pearls

Miscellaneous Pearls

Bone Tumor Pearls

Differential Diagnosis (DDX) Mnemonics

8. VASCULAR/INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST

169

(16)

Part I Radiology

Angioplasty

Thrombolysis with Urokinase

Embolization

PE, Deep Venous Thrombosis, and Inferior Vena Cava Filters

GI Bleeds

Groin Bleeds

Aortic Injury/Dissection/Aneurysm

Renal Artery Stenosis

Nephrostomy and Biliary Drainage

Other Procedures

Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Stress Test

Angio/Interventional/Cardiovascular Pearls

Part II Contrast

Ionic Versus Nonionic Contrast

Contrast Allergy and Steroid Premedication

Contrast Reactions and Complications

Contrast Pearls

9. HIV IMAGING

185

(6)

Chest

Abdomen

Brain

10. CANCER IMAGING

191

(10)

Patterns of Metastatic Disease

Premalignant or High-Risk States

Cancer Clinical Pearls

Staging

11. HORIZONS IN RADIOLOGY

201

(8)

INDEX

209

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