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Radiology Illustrated: Spine is an up-to-date, superbly illustrated reference in the style of a teaching file that has been designed specifically to be of value in clinical practice. Common, critical, and rare but distinctive spinal disorders are described succinctly with the aid of images highlighting important features and informative schematic illustrations. The first part of the book, on common spinal disorders, is for radiology residents and other clinicians who are embarking on the interpretation of spinal images. A range of key disorders are then presented, including infectious spondylitis, cervical trauma, spinal cord disorders, spinal tumors, congenital disorders, uncommon degenerative disorders, inflammatory arthritides, and vascular malformations. The third part is devoted to rare but clinically significant spinal disorders with characteristic imaging features, and the book closes by presenting practical tips that will assist in the interpretation of confusing cases.Thesecond edition is covering updated knowledge about spine imaging interpretation, such as disc nomenclature version 2.0, AO classification for spine trauma, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, covid-19 vaccine related spine disorders, etc. In addition, new edition show a lot of highly qualified spine imaging obtained by recently developed CT and MR machine of high-end technology. A lot of interesting cases representing characteristic imaging features is newly included in the third part.
List of contents
Part I Basic Step: Common Spinal Disorders.- 1 Anatomic Considerations of the Spine.- 2 Common Spine Disorders Associated with Back Pain.- 3 Common Spine Disorders Associated with Neck Pain.- 4 Common Traumatic Disorders of the Thoracolumbar Spine.- 5 MR Imaging of Spinal Bone Marrow.- 6 Common Normal Structures and MR Imaging Artifacts of the Spine That May Mimic Pathology.- 7 Postoperative Imaging.- Part II Intermediate Step: Critical Spinal Disorders.- 8 Infectious Spondylitis.- 9 Cervical Trauma.- 10 Spinal Cord Disorder.- 11 Spinal Tumor.- 12 Congenital Disorder.- 13 Uncommon Degenerative Disorder.- 14 Inflammatory Arthritides.- 15 Spinal Vascular Malformation.- Part III Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders.- 16 Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders: Musculoskeletal.- 17 Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders: Neural.- 18 Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders: Miscellaneous.- Part IV Similar Spinal Disorders.- 19 Practical Tips for Differential Diagnosis.
About the author
Joon Woo Lee, Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Eugene Lee, Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Heung Sik Kang, Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
