Medical Imaging of Normal and Pathologic Anatomy E-Book

Joel A. Vilensky, Edward C. Weber, Stephen W. Carmichael, Thomas Sarosi

• Publisher: Saunders
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781437727913
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Written for the modern medical student and designed to accompany any current gross anatomy textbook, this brand-new pictorial handbook presented by Drs. Vilensky, Weber, Carmichael, and Sarosi lets you quickly identify pathologic correlates of gross anatomy. Abundant side-by-side high-quality radiography, MR, CT, and ultrasound images of normal and pathologic conditions help you quickly develop the skills you need to differentiate between what's normal and what's not. Discussions on the choice of imaging modality for various pathologies will help you select the right imaging procedure in many clinical situations, making this a handy resource in the clinical environment. But best of all, this visual approach to pathologic correlates will help you ace your courses, the USMLE and NBME final exams.

• Features side-by-side radiography, MR, CT, and ultrasound images that illustrate normal and abnormal anatomy, helping you quickly identify conditions while improving your diagnostic skills.

• Covers clinical conditions found in the main core of textbooks and radiologically depicts the clinical correlates that you're exposed to daily, making it the ideal companion resource for any medical gross anatomy course.

• Uses concise, brief text that explains the condition, thus allowing the radiologic images to guide you to the differentiating factors.

• Incorporates discussions of imaging modality choices for a range of pathologies to help you understand how to select imaging procedures for various clinical situations in the clinical environment.

• Offers the visual guidance you need to study for and pass your exams.

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by f refer to figures

A

Abdominal adenopathy, 72, 72f

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, 73, 73f

Abscess, psoas, 74, 74f

Acetabulum, 137f, 141f

fracture of, hip dislocation with, 137, 137f

metastatic tumor of, 138, 138f

normal, 138f

Achilles tendon tear, 155, 155f

Acoustic meatus, external, 24f

Acromioclavicular joint, separation of, 121, 121f

Acromion, 124f

Adenocarcinoma, pancreatic, 85, 85f

Adenoma, benign pleomorphic, of parotid gland, 25

Adenopathy, abdominal, 72, 72f

Adult polycystic kidney disease, 84, 84f

Air

in esophagus, 47f

in external auditory canal, 28f

Anastomosis

of caput medusae with great saphenous vein, 70, 70f

of internal mammary artery to coronary artery, 55, 55f

Aneurysm

aortic

abdominal, 73, 73f

ascending, 44, 44f

of internal carotid artery, 14, 14f, 15, 15f

Angiography

of coronary angioplasty, 51, 51f

of internal carotid artery aneurysm, 14, 14f

Angioplasty, coronary, 51, 51f

Ankle fracture, 157, 157f

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