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Recognizing the Basics (With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access)

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Ease your exam anxiety...and sharpen your clinical skills! Written by William Herring, MD - a skilled radiology teacher and creator of an award-winning radiology teaching web site - Learning Radiology efficiently presents just the radiology knowledge you need to know to get through clinical rotations and USMLEs. And, bonus online access via STUDENT CONSULT - where you will find the complete text of the book, self-assessment quizzes, and more - makes this an even more effective learning tool!
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Publication date
2007
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
320
Dimensions (mm)
216 x 276
Weight (g)
680
  • 1. Recognizing Anything

    The colorful world of radiology
    A systematic approach - the truth about systems
    Terminology
    Conventions used in this book


    2. Recognizing a Technically Adequate Chest Radiograph

    Penetration
    Inspiration
    Rotation
    Magnification
    Angulation
    The lateral chest


    3. Recognizing Cardiomegaly

    The cardiothoracic ratio
    Extracardiac causes of apparent cardiac enlargement
    Effect of projection and inspiration on perception of heart size
    Recognizing cardiomegaly in infants


    4. Recognizing Airspace versus Interstitial Lung Disease

    Normal lung markings
    Characteristics of airspace disease
    Some causes of airspace disease
    Characteristics of interstitial lung disease
    Some causes of interstitial lung disease


    5. Recognizing the Causes of an Opacified Hemithorax

    Atelectasis of the entire lung
    Massive pleural effusion
    Pneumonia of an entire lung
    Post-pneumonectomy


    6. Recognizing Atelectasis

    What is atelectasis?
    Signs of atelectasis
    Types of atelectasis
    Patterns of collapse in lobar atelectasis
    How atelectasis resolves


    7. Recognizing a Pleural Effusion

    Normal anatomy and physiology of the pleural space
    Causes of pleural effusions
    Types of pleural effusions
    Recognizing the different appearances of pleural effusions
    Side-specificity of pleural effusions


    8. Recognizing Pneumonia

    General considerations
    Recognizing pneumonia - general characteristics
    Patterns of pneumonia
    Aspiration pneumonia
    Localizing pneumonia
    How pneumonia resolves


    9. Recognizing Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, Pneumopericardium, and Subcutaneous Emphysema

    Normal anatomy
    Recognizing a pneumothorax
    Recognizing the pitfalls in overdiagnosing a pneumothorax
    Types of pneumothoraces
    Causes of a pneumothorax
    Other ways to diagnose a pneumothorax
    Pulmonary interstitial edema (PIE)
    Recognizing pneumomediastinum
    Recognizing pneumopericardium
    Recognizing subcutaneous emphysema


    10. The ABCs of Heart Disease: Recognizing Adult Heart Disease from the Frontal Chest Radiograph

    Heart size
    Cardiac contours - ascending aorta
    Cardiac contours - double density of left atrial enlargement
    Cardiac contours - right atrium
    Cardiac contours - aortic knob
    Cardiac contours - main pulmonary artery
    Cardiac contours-concavity for left atrium
    Cardiac contours - left ventricle
    Cardiac contours - descending aorta
    The pulmonary vasculature - normal
    The pulmonary vasculature-pulmonary venous hypertension
    The pulmonary vasculature - pulmonary arterial hypertenison
    The pulmonary vasculature - increased flow to the lungs
    The pulmonary vasculature - decreased flow to the lungs
    The ABCs of heart disease system
    A - is the left atrium enlarged?
    B - is the main pulmonary artery big or bulbous?
    C - is the main pulmonary artery segment concave?
    D - is the heart a dilated or delta-shaped heart
    Other facts


    11. Recognizing Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema

    Congestive heart failure - general considerations
    Pulmonary interstitial edema
    Pulmonary alveolar edema
    Non-cardiogenic alveolar edema - general considerations
    Differentiating cardiac from non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema



    12. Recognizing the Correct Placement of Lines and Tubes and Their Potential Complications: Critical Care Radiology

    Endotracheal tubes and tracheostomies
    Intravascular catheters
    Pleural drainage tubes (chest tubes, thoracotomy tubes)
    Cardiac devices - pacemakers, AICD, IABP
    GI tubes and lines - nasogastric tubes, feeding tubes


    13. Recognizing Mediastinal and Lung Masses and Metastases

    Mediastinal masses
    Anterior mediastinum
    Middle mediastinal masses
    Aortic aneurysms
    Posterior mediastinal masses
    Solitary nodule/mass in the lung
    Bronchogenic carcinoma
    Metastatic neoplasms in the lung


    14. Recognizing the Basics on CT of the Chest

    Introduction
    Normal chest CT anatomy
    Five-vessel level
    Aortic arch level
    Aorto-pulmonary window level
    Main pulmonary artery level
    High cardiac level
    Low cardiac level
    The fissures
    Selected abnormalities visible on chest CT scans
    Pulmonary thromboembolic disease
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Blebs and bulae, cysts and cavities
    Bronchiectasis
    Chest trauma
    Pericardial effusion
    Cardiac CT


    15. Recognizing the Normal Abdomen: Conventional Radiographs

    Recognizing the normal abdomen - what to look for
    Recognizing the normal abdomen - normal bowel gas pattern
    Recognizing the normal abdomen - normal fluid levels
    Differentiating large from small bowel
    Acute abdominal series - the views and what they show
    Recognizing the normal abdomen - extraluminal air
    Recognizing the normal abdomen - calcifications
    Recognizing the normal abdomen - organomegaly


    16. Recognizing Bowel Obstruction and Ileus
    Abnormal gas patterns

    Laws of the gut
    Functional ileus - localized - sentinal loops
    Functional ileus - generalized adynamic ileus
    Mechanical obstruction - small bowel obstruction (SBO)
    Mechanical obstruction - large bowel obstruction (LBO)
    Intestinal psuedo-obstruction (Ogilvies syndrome)



    17. Recognizing Extraluminal Gas in the Abdomen

    Signs of free intraperitoneal air
    Air beneath the diaphragm
    Visualization of both sides of the bowel wall
    Visualization of the falciform ligament
    Causes of free air
    Signs of extraperitoneal air (retroperitoneal air)
    Causes of extraperitoneal air
    Signs of air in the bowel wall
    Causes and significance of air in the bowel wall
    Signs of air in the biliary system
    Causes of air in the biliary system


    18. Recognizing Abnormal Calcifications and Their Causes

    Patterns of calcification
    Rimlike calcification
    Linear or track-like calcification
    Lamellar or laminar calcification
    Cloudlike, amorphous, or popcorn calcification
    Location of calcification


    19. Recognizing Tumors, Tics, and Ulcers: Radiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

    Recognizing abnormalities of the GI tract from top to bottom
    Esophagus
    Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
    Stomach and duodenum
    Small bowel
    Large bowel
    Terminology
    Common principles for all gastrointestinal barium studies


    20. Recognizing the Basics on CT of the Abdomen

    General considerations
    Liver
    Biliary system
    Spleen
    Kidneys
    Pancreas
    Small and large bowel
    Female pelvis
    Urinary bladder
    Abdominal aortic aneurysms
    Adenopathy


    21. Recognizing Abnormalities of Bone Density

    Normal bone anatomy
    The effect of bone physiology on bone anatomy
    Recognizing a generalized increase in bone density
    Recognizing a focal increase in bone density
    Recognizing a generalized decrease in bone density
    Recognizing a focal decrease in bone density
    Pathologic fractures




    22. Recognizing Fractures and Dislocations

    Recognizing an acute fracture
    Recognizing dislocations and subluxations
    Describing fractures
    Avulsion fractures
    Salter-Harris fractures - epiphyseal plate fractures in children
    Stress fractures
    Common fracture eponyms
    Some easily missed fractures or dislocations
    Fracture healing


    23. Recognizing Joint Disease: An Approach to Arthritis

    Classification of arthritis
    Anatomy of a joint
    Hypertrophic arthritis
    Infectious arthritis
    Erosive arthritis


    24. Recognizing Some Common Causes of Neck and Back Pain

    Conventional radiography, CT, and MRI
    The normal spine
    Back pain
    Herniated discs
    Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
    Osteoarthritis of the facet joints
    Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
    Compression fractures of the spine
    Spondylolesthesis and spondylolysis
    Spinal stenosis
    Spinal trauma
    Malignancy involving the spine


    25. Recognizing Abnormal Head CT Findings

    Normal anatomy and general considerations
    Head trauma
    Increased intracranial pressure
    Stroke
    Ruptured aneurysms
    Hydrocephalus
    Brain tumors
    Other diseases
    Terminology

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