CT of the Head and Spine

This book provides the essential information needed for formulating findings in CT of the head and spine. The book is conceived as a highly practical guide for use in routine CT diagnosis, as well as in critical on-call emergency situations. The features: Condenses information to the core questions of the diagnostic problem at hand without oversimplifying: What does the clinician want to know? What must be included in the findings, and what differential diagnosis must be excluded? Clear and didactic organization of information in pathogenesis, clinical findings, and CT morphology Convenient summaries, offset by a second color, provide information to be used during the CT examination that assure that nothing will be overlooked Detailed descriptions of normal anatomy with normal values help to differentiate pathologic from normal findings.

Table of Contents:
Computed Tomography of the Head Anatomy of the Head 1 Fundamentals Clinical Aspects Technical Aspects 2 Craniocerebral Trauma Closed and Open Head Injuries Skull Fractures Cerebral Contusion Epidural Hematoma Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Subdural Hematoma, Acute and Chronic Subdural Hygroma Gunshot Injuries Other Open Brain Injuries Traumatic Vascular Injuries Late Sequelae of Head Trauma 3 Cerebrovascular Diseases Brain Infarction Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage Arteriovenous Malformations Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Thromboses 4 Inflammatory Diseases Brain Abscess, Bacterial Tuberculosis Sarcoidosis Herpes Simplex Encephalitis Toxoplasmosis Cryptococcosis Neurocysticercosis Nocardiosis Listeriosis Lyme Disease Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Progressive Diffuse Leukoencephalopathy 5 Intracranial Tumors Neuroepithelial Tumors Ependymal Tumors Choroid Plexus Tumors Neuroepithelial Tumors of Unknown Origin Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal/Glial Tumors Pineal Parenchymal Tumors Embryonal Tumors Cranial Nerve Tumors Meningeal Tumors Lymphomas Germ-Cell Tumors Cysts and Tumorlike Lesions Tumors of the Sellar Region Local Extension of Regional Tumors Metastases 6 Degenerative and Demyelinating Diseases Degenerative Diseases Other Radiologic Findings in Dementia Diseases of the White Matter 7 Congenital Brain Diseases Phacomatoses Dandy-Walker Malformation Arachnoid Cysts Corpus Callosum Dysplasia Chiari Malformation 8 Postoperative Findings and Follow-Up Ventriculoperitoneal and Ventriculoatrial Shunt Follow-Up after Tumor Resection 9 Facial Skeleton and Skull Base Fundamentals Inflammatory Sinus Disease Tumors and Mass Lesions Traumatic Lesions Midfacial and Skull Base Fractures Computed Tomography of the Spine Anatomy of the Spine 10 Fundamentals Clinical Aspects Evaluation and Interpretation of Findings Technical Aspects 11 Anatomy Bone Intervertebral Disks Blood Vessels Ligaments Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerve Roots Spinal Meninges Epidural Space 12 Functional and Structural Abnormalities Congenital Functional and Structural Abnormalities of the Spine Acquired Functional and Structural Abnormalities of the Spine 13 Intraspinal Lesions Extradural Masses Intradural Extramedullary Masses Intramedullary Masses 14 Inflammatory Diseases Infections Rheumatoid Arthritis Paget Disease (Osteitis Deformans) Multiple Sclerosis

About the Author :
Norbert Hosten, Thomas Liebig