CHAPTER 15 Metabolic and Systemic Conditions This chapter describes the radiology of many systemic, metabolic, and endocrine conditions that have bone or soft-tissue manifestations. OSTEOPOROSIS Osteoporosis is the most common…
CHAPTER 6 Imaging of Fracture Treatment and Healing The seriousness of an injury is not always related to the radiographic severity of the fracture. The patient’s general state of health,…
CHAPTER 9 Benign Lesions This chapter describes benign neoplasms and benign tumorlike lesions that are not neoplastic in origin. A key decision that becomes easier with experience is whether a…
CHAPTER 3 Trauma in Adults:Axial Skeleton This chapter describes the radiology of common injuries to the spine, thoracic cage, and pelvis in adults. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Injuries to the spine often…
CHAPTER 8 Malignant and Aggressive Tumors OSTEOSARCOMA Osteosarcomas are malignant osteoid-producing sarcomas (Table 8.1). Although they are the most common of the primary bone sarcomas, there are fewer than 1,000…
CHAPTER 16 Infection and Marrow Disease This chapter describes the radiology of musculoskeletal infections, osteonecrosis and other marrow space disorders, and a few other skeletal conditions not covered elsewhere in…
CHAPTER 5 Trauma in Children Fractures in children are not the same as fractures in adults because of differences in anatomy, biomechanics, and exposure to trauma. EPIDEMIOLOGY The incidence, type,…
CHAPTER 12 Inflammatory Arthritis This chapter covers those clinical forms of arthritis and connective tissue disease that present on radiographs with a preponderance of inflammatory changes. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Rheumatoid arthritis…
CHAPTER 1 Approach to Trauma Trauma to the human frame may cause deformation and breakage. The radiology of musculoskeletal trauma is more than a search for broken bones; it is…
CHAPTER 7 Approach to Bone Lesions INCIDENCE Malignant primary musculoskeletal tumors represent less than 1% of all cancers. Approximately 2,500 new cases of primary bone malignancies and 6,400 new cases…
