Brain imaging with MRI and CT : an image pattern approach / edited by Zoran Rumboldt [and others].

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Bilateral Predominantly Symmetric Abnormalities; Part II. Sellar, Perisellar and Midline Lesions; Part III. Parenchymal Defects or Abnormal Volume; Part IV. Abnormalities without Significant Mass Effect; Part A. Primarily Nonenhancing; Part B. Primarily Enhancing; Part V. Primarily Extraaxial Focal Space Occupying Lesions; Part VI. Primarily Intraaxial Masses; Part A. Typically without Blood Products; Part B. Typically with Blood Products; Part VII. Intracranial Calcifications.

Most imaging books are ordered according to underlying etiology. However, in real life clinical practice, radiologists usually make their differential diagnoses according to the image patterns, as the etiology is often unknown. Brain Imaging with MRI and CT presents over 180 disease processes and normal variants, grouping entities by these basic patterns to accentuate differential diagnostic features. High quality CT and MRI scans show multiple typical and distinguishing images for each entity. Common and unusual clinical scenarios are described, including dilated perivascular spaces, capillary teleangiectasia, Susac's syndrome and desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma. Both basic and advanced imaging techniques are used, reflecting the reality of clinical practice. This image-focused book emphasises the most pertinent clinical information relevant to the diagnostic process. Trainee and practising radiologists will find Brain Imaging with MRI and CT an invaluable and clinically relevant tool for learning and teaching.