Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic
Imaging: Pediatric Neuroradiology, third edition, is an invaluable
resource for radiologists, child neurologists, and pediatricians-anyone
who requires an easily accessible reference that covers common and
uncommon disorders affecting the brain, head, neck, and spine of
children. Dr. Kevin Moore and an expert author team provide carefully
updated information and an abundance of high-quality images throughout,
making this edition a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference
source for daily practice.
- Features more than 2,300 annotated images, including MR, CT,
proton spectroscopy, and angiographic findings
- Brings you up to speed with recent name changes and reclassification
of both neoplastic and nonneoplastic central nervous system (CNS)
entities, revised classification of tumor types/subtypes, changes in
metabolic disorders and malformations, and entirely new disorders and
groups of disorders such as acute flaccid myelitis
- Includes new chapters covering important pediatric spine
neoplasms, such as CNS intradural tumor dissemination and
myxopapillary ependymoma
- Provides expanded coverage of better-understood genetic white
matter diseases such as vanishing white matter disease
- Discusses key topics such as newly discovered genetic mutations
correlating with distinct imaging appearances and prognosis, newly
characterized infectious entities, recent descriptions of important
Chiari I malformation variants, newly described entities based on
genetics in addition to histological features, and advances in the
diagnosis of abusive head trauma
- Uses bulleted, succinct text for fast and easy comprehension of
essential information, including terminology, imaging findings, key
facts, differential diagnosis, pathology, clinical issues, diagnostic
checklist, and selected references
- Includes an extensive image gallery for each entity, depicting
common and variant cases
- Offers a vivid, full-color design that makes the material easy to
read
- Displays a "thumbnail" visual differential diagnosis for each
entity
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to
access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a
variety of devices
