Roads to Radiology: An Imaging Guide to Medicine and Surgery

ISBN-13: 9783540118015 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 96 str.

T. Sherwood; A. K. Dixon; D. Hawkins

Opis

Our pocket-book has come about as a direct attempt to answer the needs of our clinical students. We have tried to use radiology as a magic window for looking at their patients' medical and surgical problems. The book is very simple and highly selective. A number of excellent introductory texts already exist for students seeking comprehensive and balanced accounts of radiology as a specialty. We have tried to keep close to our title: a good guide shows you a bare outline of where you might go, and makes sure you see the highlights. He will point to interesting places that deserve study, without going into them himself. Occasionally he may enlarge on a topic when the information is not readily available anywhere else (as in our chapter on the skull). And he will be ready to listen to students asking, perhaps rather shyly, some basic questions (as in our first and last chapters). We have taken Voltaire as our own guide: "Le secret d'ennuyer est . . . de tout dire." The book has been written by only a small group of all those teaching radiology at Cambridge. We wish to absolve our colleagues from all blame, and to thank them for generous support, especially in the loan of illustrations. Cambridge, 1982 Thomas Sherwood Contents 1. Introduction: Medicine and Radiology Thomas Sherwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Diagnosis Thomas Sherwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Looking at an x-ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Diagnostic pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sensitivity and specificity of tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3. Bones Thomas Sherwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Medicine and Radiology.- 2. Diagnosis.- Looking at an x-ray.- Diagnostic pathways.- Sensitivity and specificity of tests.- Conclusion.- References.- 3. Bones.- Fractures.- First principles.- Don’ts.- Bone demineralization or extensive bone loss.- Radionuclide versus x-ray studies.- 4. The Chest.- Technique.- Tomograms.- Computed tomography.- Interpretation.- Problems.- Big heart.- Wide mediastinum.- Worrying hilar shadows.- Lungs.- Heart failure.- Nodules.- Collapse.- Pleural effusion.- References.- 5. The Abdomen.- Plain films.- Gut obstruction.- Perforation.- Acute cholecystitis.- Ureteric colic.- Ultrasound.- Jaundice.- Barium meal.- Barium enema.- Intravenous urogram (IVU).- Envoy.- Reference.- 6. The Skull.- Skull projections.- Lateral projection.- Postero-anterior (PA 20°) projection.- Semi-axial (Towne’s) projection.- Submentovertical (basal) projection.- The size and shape of the skull.- The misshapen skull.- Skull fractures.- Signs of an intracranial space-occupying lesion.- Raised intracranial pressure.- Pineal displacement.- Prominent calvarial vascular grooves.- Changes in the overlying bone.- Intracranial calcification.- The pituitary fossa.- The skull as a bone.- Special problems in the elderly.- Parting shot.- 7. About Learning to See and Think.- Reference.