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Table of Contents:

Preface
Preface to First Edition
Sect. I Esophagus
1 Abnormalities of Esophageal Motility 3
2 Extrinsic Impressions on the Cervical Esophagus 23
3 Extrinsic Impressions on the Thoracic Esophagus 27
4 Esophageal Ulceration 43
5 Esophageal Narrowing 68
6 Esophageal Filling Defects 97
7 Esophaegeal Diverticula 118
8 Esophageal Varices 125
9 Esophagorespiratory Fistulas 130
10 Double-Barrel Esophagus 138
11 Diffuse Finely Nodular Lesions of the Esophagus 146
Sect. II Diaphragm
12 Elevation of the Diaphragm 153
13 Diaphragmatic Hernias 160
Sect. III Stomach
14 Gastric Ulcers 181
15 Superficial Gastric Erosions 202
16 Narrowing of the Stomach (Linitas Plastica Pattern) 206
17 Thickening of Gastric Folds 223
18 Filling Defects in the Stomach 238
19 Filling Defects in the Gastric Remnant 273
20 Gastric Outlet Obstruction 282
21 Gastric Dilation Without Outlet Obstruction 291
22 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Masses of the Fundus 296
23 Widening of the Retrogastric Space 308
24 Gas in the Wall of the Stomach 311
25 Simultaneous Involvement of the gastric Antrum & Duodenal Bulb 315
Sect. IV Duodenum
26 Duodenum: Postbulbar Ulceration of the Duodenum 321
27 Thickening of Duodenal Folds 327
28 Widening of the Duodenal Sweep 338
29 Extrinsic Pressure on the Duodenum 353
30 Duodenal Filling Defects 358
31 Duodenal Narrowing and Obstruction 385
32 Duodenal Dilation (Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome) 398
Sect. V Small Bowel
33 Small Bowel Obstruction 407
34 Adynamic Ileus 429
35 Dilation with Normal Folds 439
36 Dilation with Thickened Mucosal Folds 448
37 Regular Thickening of Small Bowel Folds 451
38 Generalized, Irregular, Distorted Small Bowel Folds 461
39 Solitary Filling Defects in the Jejunum and Ileum 482
40 Multiple Filling Defects in the Small Bowel 492
41 Sand-like Lucencies 504
42 Thickened Small Bowel Folds with Concomitant involvement of the Stomach 511
43 Separation of Small Bowel Loops 514
44 Small Bowel Diverticula and Pseudodiverticula 525
Sect. VI Ileocecal Valve and Cecum
45 Ileocecal Valve and Cecum: Abnormalities of the Ileocecal Valve 539
46 Filling Defects in the Cecum 550
47 Coned Cecum 573
Sect. VII Colon
48 Ulcerative Lesions of the Colon 587
49 Narrowing of the Colon 625
50 Single Filling Defects in the Colon 667
51 Multiple Filling Defects in the Colon 700
52 Large Bowel Obstruction: Causes of Large Bowel Obstruction 729
53 Toxic Megacolon 749
54 Thumbprinting of the Colon 754
55 Double Tracking in the Sigmoid Colon 764
56 Enlargement of the Retrorectal Space 768
Sect. VIII Biliary System
57 Filling Defects in an Opacified Gallbladder 783
58 Filling Defects in the Bile Ducts 803
59 Bile Duct Narrowing and Obstruction 817
60 Cystic Dilation of the Bile Ducts 838
61 Enlargement of the Papilla of Vater 847
62 Gas in the Biliary System 852
63 Gas in the Portal Veins 858
Sect. IX Miscellaneous
64 Bull's Eye Lesions in the Gastrointestinal Tract 867
65 Nondiaphragmatic Hernias 873
66 Gas in the Bowel Wall (Pneumatosis Intestinalis) 889
67 Pneumoperitoneum 900
68 Extraluminal Gas in the Upper Quadrants 913
69 Fistulas Involving the Small or Large Bowel 929
70 Abdominal Calcifications 946
Sect. X Ultrasound, CT, and MR of the Gallbladder, Liver, and Spleen
71 Thickened Gallbladder Wall 1033
72 Local Anechoic Masses of the Liver 1039
73 Complex or Solid Masses in the Liver 1047
74 Shadowing Lesions in the Liver 1063
75 Generalized Abnormal Echogenicity of the Liver 1066
76 Focal Decreased Attenuation Liver Masses on CT 1071
77 Hyperenhancing Focal Liver Lesions on Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography 1097
78 Generalized Abnormal Echogenicity of the Liver 1108
79 MR of Liver Disease 1114
80 Decreased Attenuation Masses in the Spleen 1138
Index 1149