ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis E-Book: ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis E-Book

Siva P. Raman, Michael P. Federle, Mitchell E. Tublin

Elsevier Health Sciences, Sep 20, 2016 - Medical - 600 pages

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

Contents

• Peritoneum and Mesentery: 3
• Abdominal Wall: 47
• Esophagus: 63
• Stomach: 87
• Duodenum: 127
• Small Intestine: 139
• Colon: 169
• Spleen: 219
• Liver: 232
• Gallbladder: 359
• Biliary Tract: 391
• Pancreas: 409
• Retroperitoneum: 453
• Adrenal: 471
• Kidney: 479
• Collecting System: 559
• Ureter: 567
• Bladder: 575
• Urethra: 591
• Scrotum: 595
• Prostate and Seminal Vesicles: 613
• Female Pelvis: 621
• Uterus: 645
• Ovary: 663
• INDEX: i

About the author

Dr. Siva Raman is a board-certified radiologist who gained his subspecialty expertise in thoracoabdominal imaging during a fellowship at Stanford University, and intern residency at UC Davis Medical Center. He attended Johns Hopkins University Medical School. Dr. Raman is a radiologist at Bay Imaging Consultants in Walnut Creek, California, with a subspecialty focus on thoracoabdominal imaging

Bibliographic information

• Title: ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis E-Book: ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis E-Book
• Authors: Siva P. Raman, Michael P. Federle, Mitchell E. Tublin
• Edition: 2, annotated
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, 2016
• ISBN: 0323443125, 9780323443128
• Length: 600 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Allied Health Services / Imaging Technologies; Medical / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine