MAIN CONTENTSPreface
Acknowledgments
Contents by diagnosis
SECTION I--Chest Radiology
1. Cough and fever in an elderly man
2. Cough and fever in an young man
3. Non-productive cough, fever and myalgia in a young man
4. Shortness of breath in a young woman
5. Back pain in a middle-aged man
6. Cough and fever in a young man
7. Cough producing blood-tinged sputum in a young man with a
history of alcoholism
8. Weakness and nausea in a women with a history of breast
cancer
9. Chest pain of sudden onset in a young man
10. Chest pain in a young man after receiving a blow to the
chest
11. A pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle
12. Abdominal pain in a middle-aged man
13. Chest pain and dyspnea in an elderly woman with COPD
14. Partial opacification of the thorax in two patients
Section II--Abdominal Radiology
1. Periumbilical and left lower quadrant abdominal pain in a
middle-aged man
2. Severe respiratory distress in an elderly man
3. Abdominal pain and vomiting in a middle-aged man with history of
alcoholism
4. A 2-year-old girl with intermittent abdominal pain and
vomiting
5. Right upper quadrant pain in an elderly man with diabetes
6. Abdominal pain and vomiting in an elderly woman with
diabetes
7. Weakness and jaundice in a middle-aged woman
8. Abdominal discomfort in a middle-aged man with renal failure
Section III--Skeletal Radiology: The Extremities--Upper
Extremity
1. Elbow and forearm injuries in a young man hit with a
nightstick
2. An elbow injury in a 7-year-old girl who fell onto her
outstretched hand
3. Wrist pain after minor trauma in a young man
4. Six patients with wrist injuries and "negative" radiographs
5. A wrist injury in an elderly woman who fell onto her
outstretched arm
6. A shoulder injury in a young man who fell onto his outstretched
arm
7. A shoulder injury in an elderly woman who fell
8. Shoulder pain in an elderly woman that radiated down her arm
Section IV--Lower Extremity
1. An ankle injury in a middle-aged woman
2. An ankle sprain in a young man sustained while playing
softball
3. Knee pain in two patients following minor trauma
4. Hip injuries in elderly women who fell from standing
5. Pelvic pain in a young man who fell from a scaffolding
6. Pelvic pain in a young woman following a motor vehicle
collision
7. A puncture wound to the foot of a young woman
Section V--Cervical Spine Injuries
1. Neck pain in a middle-aged man struck by a slow-moving motor
vehicle
2. A neck injury sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle
collision
3. A neck injury sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle
collision
4. A neck injury in a young man who fell off of a subway platform
onto his head
5. Neck pain in a middle-aged man involved in a slow-moving motor
vehicle collision
6. Neck pain in a middle-aged man who fell backwards off a ladder
the day before coming to the ED
Section VI--Head CT
1. Head injury in an elderly man found on the ground outside a bar;
head CT was "normal"
2. Head injury in a young man who was struck with a bat
3. How to read a head CT in a patient with head trauma
4. Occipital headache and vomiting in a middle-aged woman; head CT
was "normal"
5. Persistent headache for five days in a young man
6. How to read a head CT in a patient with headache
7. Lethargy and fever in an elderly man; head CT was performed
prior to LP
8. Headache, unilateral hearing loss and blurred vision in a young
woman
9. Abrupt onset of hemiparesis in an elderly man
10. Left-sided weakness that began six days earlier in an elderly
woman
11. Right hemiparesis that began 20 minutes before ED arrival in an
elderly woman
Section VII--Facial Trauma
1. Two patients with black eyes after being punched in the face
2. A nasal laceration in an elderly man that occurred when the
taxi-cab in which he was riding stopped short
IndexCONTENTS BY DIAGNOSISSection I--Introduction to Chest
Radiology
1. Typical lobar pneumonia--How to read a chest radiograph
2. Subtle pneumonia--Silhouette signs
3. Hidden pneumonia and pneumonia mimics
4. Pulmonary embolism
5. Lobar atelectasis--Spinal cord compression
6. Hilar adenopathy
7. Congestive heart failure--Interstitial lung markings
8. Cardiac tamponade
9. Pneumothorax
10. Pneumomediastinum
11. Traumatic aortic injury
12. Aortic dissection
13. Thoracic aortic aneurysm
14. White-out of thorax--Atelectasis and pleural fibrosis
Section II--Introduction to Abdominal Radiology
1. Small bowel obstruction
2. Large bowel obstruction, volvulus, ileus, megacolon
3. Pneumoperitoneum
4. Intussusception (pediatric)
5. Cholecystitis--Ultrasonography
6. Gallstone ileus
7. Jaundice--Splenomegaly
8. Radiopaque masses
Section III--Introduction to Skeletal Radiology--Upper
Extremity
1. Elbow fat pad--Monteggia fracture
2. Elbow injuries in children
3. Perilunate injuries
4. Subtle wrist injuries
5. Distal radius fractures--Galeazzi fracture
6. Posterior shoulder dislocation
7. Anterior shoulder dislocation and fracture
8. Nontraumatic shoulder pain
Section IV--Lower Extremity
1. Ankle fractures
2. Maisonneuve fracture--The mortise view
3. Knee fractures--Tibial plateau fractures
4. Hip fractures--Occult hip fracture
5. Acetabulum fractures
6. Pelvic ring fractures
7. Radiolucent foreign bodies
Section V--Introduction to Cervical Spine Radiology
1. Type II odontoid fracture--Prevertebral soft tissue
2. Type III odontoid fracture--The "ring of C2"
3. Hangman's fracture of C2--Posterior cervical line
4. Jefferson burst fracture of C1--Predental space
5. Unilateral facet dislocation
6. Hyperflexion sprain--Flexion/extension views
Degenerative changes--Cervical spine imaging strategy
Section VI--Introduction to Head CT
1. Subdural hematoma--CT windows
2. Basilar skull fracture, pneumocephalus
3. How to read a head CT in a patient with head trauma
4. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
5. Cerebral venous sinous thrombosis
6. How to read a CT in a patient with headache
7. Hydrocephalus--Use of CT before LP
8. Acoustic neuroma--Use of intravenous contrast
9. Stroke--Cytotoxic edema
10. Peritumoral (vasogenic) edema
11. Advances in stroke imaging--Perfusion CT and MRI, the ischemic
penumbra
Section VII--Introduction to Facial Radiology
1. Facial fractures: Tripod and blow-out fractures
2. Le Fort fractures
David T. Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York
"This well written book will be extremely useful for practicing emergency physicians. The clinical cases are interesting and help challenge the reader to improve their skills at evaluating radiographs more thoroughly. 4 Stars!"--Doody's Review Service Doody's 20081110
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