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Author: Andrew Meholic
Published: January 1997
Publisher: Elsevier Science
ISBN: 0721654002
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 245

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Fundamentals of Chest Radiology

Three experts present proven approaches for identifying a wide range of common clinical problems. Diagnostic algorithms help you to determine whether plain radiography, CT, or MRI should be the next step in a given patient's evaluation. Clinical tips and "pearls" deliver practical guidance on radiographic interpretation. Advice on artifacts, accompanied by superb photographs, enables you to avoid unnecessary work-ups. The book is organized by specific anatomic sites - the central airways, mediastinum and hila, pleura, parenchyma, and heart - and then further broken down according to disease etiology. This format gives you quick, convenient access to the best methods for solving diagnostic problems. A concise text permits you to quickly absorb the information you need. Tables of differential diagnoses clearly display the basic differentials of radiographic findings. A wealth of clearly reproduced radiographs, CT scans, and MR images illustrate key findings for the most commonly encountered cardiopulmonary diseases. This is a new book on chest radiology, which provides a short concise introduction to a huge field. The aim was to whittle down the immense field of chest imaging to manageable proportions for the novice radiologist and fledgling clinician. Almost every doctor needs to look at chest x-rays at some time, and this book provides a clear and concise summary of the key facts needed for interpretation. It also includes basics on CT and MRI. The book is written for residents in training in radiology, family practice, and internal medicine, with the authors coming from both radiology and internal medicine. This combination results in a practical text for the novice in either area. The book is very well illustrated, with the majority of images well reproduced. There are no references, but this is appropriate in an introductory book. The authors encourage the reader to go on to read the bigger texts on the subject. One particularly useful feature is the use of algorithms for problem solving. This is an excellent little book, very reasonably priced considering the number and quality of the illustrations. I intend to have my first-year residents use it as their introductory text. Individual radiology residents would probably buy one of the bigger reference texts rather than this, but any teaching department should have one available in the resident library. Meholic, Andrew, MD (Univ of New Mexico Health Sciences Center); Ketai, Loren, MD (Univ of New Mexico Health Sciences Center); Lofgren, Richard, MD (Medical Coll of Wisconsin)

Table of Contents
1 The Basics 1
2 Normal Variants and Artifacts 27
3 Large Airway Disease 39
4 Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 43
5 Lung Parenchyma: Basic Terminology 65
6 Traumatic and Toxic Lung Disease 79
7 Infectious Lung Disease 90
8 Pneumoconioses and Immunologic Lung Disease: Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease 108
9 Neoplasms and Developmental Lesions 123
10 Intraparenchymal Vascular Lesions 139
11 Pleura and Diaphragm 146
12 Cardiovascular Disease 170
13 Hilum and Mediastinum 197
14 Chest Wall 221
Index 235

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