Benign Lesions
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…
MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
Trauma in Adults: Axial Skeleton
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…
Malignant and Aggressive Tumors
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…
Infection and Marrow Disease
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…
Trauma in Children
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,…
Inflammatory Arthritis
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…
Approach to Trauma
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…
Approach to Bone Lesions
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…
Metastatic Tumors
CHAPTER 10 Metastatic Tumors This chapter describes the radiology of tumors that are metastatic to bone or soft tissue. INCIDENCE More than 95% of adult patients with malignant disease involving…
Approach to Joint Disease
CHAPTER 11 Approach to Joint Disease This chapter describes a pragmatic approach to the radiology of joint disease, based on anatomy, pathophysiology, and radiographic analysis. This approach draws heavily on…
