ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis - Hardcover

Raman MD, Siva P.; Federle MD FACR, Michael P.; Tublin MD, Mitchell E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0323442870 ISBN 13: 9780323442879

Publisher: Elsevier, 2016

Synopsis

Reach an accurate, clinically useful differential diagnosis with expert assistance from this unique resource. ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis presents the most useful differential diagnoses for each region of the abdomen and pelvis, grouped according to anatomic location, generic imaging findings, modality-specific findings, or clinical-based indications. Each differential diagnosis includes several high-quality, succinctly annotated images; a list of diagnostic possibilities sorted as common, less common, and rare but important; and brief, bulleted text offering helpful diagnostic clues. With coverage of 200 of the most common diagnostic challenges in abdominal and pelvic imaging, this reference is a must-have resource for every practicing radiologist and trainee.

• Brief, bulleted text offers helpful diagnostic clues in a useful distilled format
• Guides radiologists toward logical, on-target differential diagnoses based on key imaging findings and clinical information

• Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book on a variety of devices
• Guides you toward logical, on-target differential diagnoses based on key imaging findings and clinical information
• Features new contributors, hundreds of new images, and new chapters in the abdominal section, including more chapters on stent ultrasound and MR-based differential diagnoses
• Includes a completely new section on pelvic disorders that provides expert assistance in many challenging areas, such as distinguishing among the many causes of cystic and solid masses in the female pelvis
• Contains more chapters of ultrasound-based tables of differential diagnosis
• Covers hot topics such as cystic pancreatic mass, cystic pelvic mass, mesenteric infiltration ("misty mesentery"), and segmental or diffuse small bowel wall thickening

About this title

Review:

"This work provides a very practical approach to organ and modality based imaging. It is comprehensive, yet of a size that can be easily read during a month-long resident rotation. It is a must have in every reading room."

-Tara Catanzano, MD (Baystate Medical Center) Doody's Score: 100 - 5 Stars!

About the Author:

Professor Assistente de Radiologia do Departamento de Radiologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0323442870
• ISBN 13: 9780323442879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 752