BookJohn O'Neill, editor.
Summary: This book offers an excellent review of the various rheumatological conditions, both common and uncommon, that may present on imaging on a daily basis. The book uses a unique format that will be beneficial for clinicians, radiologists, medical students, and consultant staff. The text is written by both rheumatology and radiology staff to provide a balanced approach. A clinical overview and the common clinical presentations are briefly reviewed for each condition followed by a more detailed discussion of imaging findings produced by the various imaging modalities, including radiographs, ultrasound, MRI, CT, and nuclear medicine. This book details the imaging of normal musculoskeletal anatomy and pathology; discusses image-guided musculoskeletal interventions; and examines disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, osteoarthritis, osteonecrosis, infection-related arthritis, soft tissue calcification, and bone and synovial tumors. Featuring over 600 multi-part, high-resolution images of rheumatic diseases across current imaging modalities, Essential Imaging in Rheumatology offers up-to-date and complete information on the imaging of these disorders.
Contents:
Introduction to Imaging
Arthritis: A Diagnostic Approach
Image Analysis
Image-Guided Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment
Inflammatory Arthritides
Spondyloarthropathy
Connective Tissue Disease
Crystal-Related Disease
Endocrive and Miscellaneous Arthropathies
Osteoarthritis
Metabolic Bone Disease
Osteonecrosis
Imaging in Musculoskeletal Infection
The Diabetic Foot
Spine
Soft Tissue Calcification
Bone and Synovial Tumors
Appendix: Image Scoring Methods in Arthritis.