Description
Taking a high-yield, "just the essentials" approach, Abdominal Imaging: The Core Requisites helps you establish a foundational understanding of both gastrointestinal and genitourinary imaging during rotations, prepare for the core and certifying exams, and refresh your knowledge of key concepts. This new title solves the "information overload" problem often faced by trainee and practicing radiologists by emphasizing the essential knowledge you need in an easy-to-ready hybrid format of traditional text and bullet points.- Emphasizes a "just the essentials" approach to foundational abdominal imaging content presented in an easy-to-read, quick reference format, with templated content that includes numerous outlines, tables, pearls, boxed material, and bulleted text for easy reading and efficient recall.- Helps you build and solidify core knowledge to prepare you for clinical practice with critical, up-to-date information on GI/GU topics, including relevant anatomy, lesion characterization, tumor staging, indication-based protocols and techniques, and more.- Prioritizes high-yield topics and explains key information to help you efficiently and effectively prepare for board exams.- Contains problem-based and disease-focused chapters such as right upper quadrant pain, chronic liver disease, colorectal cancer and screening, postoperative imaging, and abdominal/pelvic trauma.- Includes reporting tips and recommendations with sample structured reports.- Features more than 500 high-quality images spanning a variety of critical abdominal and pelvic disease processes, including discussions of advanced imaging techniques such as multiparametric MRI, dual energy CT, and elastography.- Published as part of the newly reimagined Core Requisites series, an update to the popular Requisites series for today's busy clinician.- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of Contents
Section 1. Gastrointestinal Tract1. Abdominal Radiography2. GI Fluoroscopy3. Gastric Wall Thickening/Masses4. Hollow Viscus Perforation5. Small Bowel Obstruction6. Bowel Wall Thickening7. Imaging of the Postoperative Bowel8. Mesenteric Ischemia9. Colorectal Cancer and Screening10. RUQ Pain11. RLQ Pain12. Pancreatitis13. Solid Pancreatic Masses14. Cystic Pancreatic LesionsSection 2. Hepatobiliary15. Chronic Liver Disease16. Imaging of the Cirrhotic Liver17. Benign Focal Liver Lesions18. Cholecystitis19. JaundiceSection 3. Lymphatic System20. Splenomegaly/Splenic Lesions21. LymphadenopathySection 4. Genitourinary22. Urolithiasis23. Cystic Renal Masses24. Solid Renal Lesions25. Diffuse Renal Parenchymal Disorders26. Urinary Tract Obstruction27. Urothelial Lesions28. Adrenal Gland Enlargement and NodulesSection 5. Reproductive System29. Prostate Imaging30. Testicular Lesions31. Endometrial/Junctinonal Zone Thickening32. Focal Uterine Lesions33. Cystic Adnexal Lesions34. Solid Adnexal Lesions35. Mullerian Abnormalities36. Pelvic Floor DiseaseSection 6. Miscellaneous37. Postoperative Imaging38. Abdominal/Pelvic Trauma39. Pitfalls
