A Pattern Approach
Fourth Edition
by Ronald L. Eisenberg
Gastrointestinal Radiology provides a direct, stepwise approach to GI diagnosis.
Gastrointestinal Radiology features:
- Detailed chapters
- Heavily illustrated with over 2,400 clear images
- Coverage includes esophageal ulceration, elevation of the diaphragm, thickening of gastric fluids, and more
- Hundreds of new images
- MRI of the liver
Contents
Esophagus
- Abnormalities of Esophageal Motility
- Extrinsic Impressions on the Cervical Esophagus
- Extrinsic Impressions on the Thoracic Esophagus
- Esophageal Ulceration
- Esophageal Narrowing
- Esophageal Filling Defects
- Esophageal Diverticula
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophagorespiratory Fistulas
- Double-Barrel Esophagus
- Diffuse Finely Nodular Lesions of the Esophagus
Diaphragm
- Elevation of the Diaphragm
- Diaphragmatic Hernias
Stomach
- Gastric Ulcers
- Superficial Gastric Erosions
- Narrowing of the Stomach (Linitas Plastica Pattern)
- Thickening of Gastric Folds
- Filling Defects in the Stomach
- Filling Defects in the Gastric Remnant
- Gastric Outlet Obstruction
- Gastric Dilation Without Outlet Obstruction
- Intrinsic and Extrinsic Masses of the Fundus
- Widening of the Retrogastric Space
- Gas in the Wall of the Stomach
- Simultaneous Involvement of the gastric Antrum & Duodenal Bulb
Duodenum
- Duodenum: Postbulbar Ulceration of the Duodenum
- Thickening of Duodenal Folds
- Widening of the Duodenal Sweep
- Extrinsic Pressure on the Duodenum
- Duodenal Filling Defects
- Duodenal Narrowing and Obstruction
- Duodenal Dilation (Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome)
Small Bowel
- Small Bowel Obstruction
- Adynamic Ileus
- Dilation with Normal Folds
- Dilation with Thickened Mucosal Folds
- Regular Thickening of Small Bowel Folds
- Generalized, Irregular, Distorted Small Bowel Folds
- Solitary Filling Defects in the Jejunum and Ileum
- Multiple Filling Defects in the Small Bowel
- Sand-like Lucencies
- Thickened Small Bowel Folds with Concomitant Involvement of the Stomach
- Separation of Small Bowel Loops
- Small Bowel Diverticula and Pseudodiverticula
Ileocecal Valve and Cecum
- Ileocecal Valve and Cecum: Abnormalities of the Ileocecal Valve
- Filling Defects in the Cecum
- Coned Cecum
Colon
- Ulcerative Lesions of the Colon
- Narrowing of the Colon
- Single Filling Defects in the Colon
- Multiple Filling Defects in the Colon
- Large Bowel Obstruction: Causes of Large Bowel Obstruction
- Toxic Megacolon
- Thumbprinting of the Colon
- Double Tracking in the Sigmoid Colon
- Enlargement of the Retrorectal Space
Biliary System
- Filling Defects in an Opacified Gallbladder
- Filling Defects in the Bile Ducts
- Bile Duct Narrowing and Obstruction
- Cystic Dilation of the Bile Ducts
- Enlargement of the Papilla of Vater
- Gas in the Biliary System
- Gas in the Portal Veins
Miscellaneous
- Bull's Eye Lesions in the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Nondiaphragmatic Hernias
- Gas in the Bowel Wall (Pneumatosis Intestinalis)
- Pneumoperitoneum
- Extraluminal Gas in the Upper Quadrandts
- Fistulas Involving the Small or Large Bowel
- Abdominal Calcifications
Ultrasound, CT, and MR of the Gallbladder, Liver, and Spleen
- Thickened Gallbladder Wall
- Local Anechoic Masses of the Liver
- Complex or Solid Masses in the Liver
- Shadowing Lesions in the Liver
- Generalized Abnormal Echogenicity of the Liver
- Focal Decreased Attenuation Liver Masses on CT
- Hyperenhancing Focal Liver Lesions on Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography
- Generalized Abnormal Echogenicity of the Liver
- MR of Liver Disease
- Decreased Attenuation Masses in the Spleen
Index
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