This book is a detailed guide to image interpretation in patients with spine and spinal cord tumors that will enable clinicians and residents to improve their diagnostic abilities. The book opens by introducing basic concepts in the imaging of spinal tumors, namely the compartmental approach and the histologic basis for the different imaging appearances. These concepts are explained with the aid of representative cases and schematic illustrations. The second part of the book represents a -training step- in which various spinal tumors are described in detail, focusing on the imaging findings....

This up-to-date, image-oriented book covers common, unusual and critical spinal disorders including skeletal and neural systems, which are encountered in daily routine practice. Each condition is described briefly with key images and schematic illustrations.