This book demonstrates how even difficult cases can be diagnosed by taking a systematic approach to image interpretation. Drawing upon decades of experience, Dr. Freyschmidt guides readers from case to case while solving the core problems that arise in making a diagnosis. He shows how initially challenging cases can be turned into cases that only seemed difficult at the outset.

Step-by-step approach:

• Systematic case presentations: prior history and clinical questions, radiologic findings, pathoanatomic classification, synopsis and discussion, final diagnosis, and comments
• Arranged by anatomic region: skull, spine, pelvis, shoulder girdle and thoracic cage, upper and lower limbs
• More than 1,400 high-quality images from the authors case files
• Over 150 difficult and challenging cases from skeletal radiology
• Answers questions such as: What are the requirements of a good diagnosis? How is a good diagnosis defined? Which imaging procedure will yield the desired information most quickly and accurately?
• Describes imaging modalities and gives recommendations on selecting a particular modality

Your instructor in book form: a systematic, case-by-case approach to making a diagnosis!

Contents

۱ From Symptom to Diagnosis
۱.۱ Selecting the Correct Imaging Modality
۱.۲ Image Interpretation
۲ Skull
۲.۱ Sclerotic Changes
۲.۲ Osteolytic Lesions and Lesions with Mixed Features
۳ Spine
۳.۱ Mono- and Bisegmental Changes
۳.۲ Oligo- and Multisegmental Changes
۳.۳ Diseases of Spinal Entheses and Joints
۳.۴ Sacrum
۴ Pelvis
۴.۱ Sclerotic Changes
۴.۲ Osteolytic Changes and Changes Associated with Decreased Bone Density
۴.۳ Unusual Fractures
۴.۴ Bone Lesions with a Predominantly Extraosseous Component
۴.۵ Soft-Tissue Mineralization
۴.۶ Hip Region
۵ Shoulder Girdle and Thoracic Cage
۵.۱ Clavicle
۵.۲ Scapula
۵.۳ Ribs
۵.۴ Sternum
۵.۵ Anterior Chest Wall as a Whole
۶ Upper Limb
۶.۱ Upper Arm
۶.۲ Forearm
۶.۳ Hands (Bone and Joint Diseases)
۷ Lower Limb
۷.۱ Equivocal MRI Findings
۷.۲ Predominantly Osteolytic Changes
۷.۳ Predominantly Osteosclerotic Changes
۷.۴ Changes with Mixed Features
۷.۵ Extraosseous Lesions