Abstract

Doody Rating : 3 stars : The present revised edition has been designed to provide an integrated approach to musculoskeletal disorders. This series has been accordingly updated and comprises of 24 chapters categorized under six sections and two parts. The first section deals with all imaging modalities in detail. There is also an updated section on MR imaging. All chapters have been thoroughly revised. Being a developing nation, infections continue to be a health problem and an entire section is devoted to it. The importance of conventional radiography has been emphasized because all radiology services have an X-ray unit and further the differential diagnosis of various bone lesions should not be made on CT and MRI alone without referring to recent plain radiographs. The text is intended to assist in the interpretation of imaging studies and in suggesting the appropriate imaging technique to clinicians involved in patient care. The second part of the book contains updated chapters on Breast imaging, including a new one titled A Systematic Approach to Imaging of Breast Lesions. Breast interventions are being increasingly performed, and a new chapter on the same has been added. The role of PET-CT in breast cancer is also included as a new chapter. This book, in addition to supplementing the imaging course, will serve as a guide to learning and practicing musculoskeletal and breast radiology and the readers shall benefit from the collective experience of the faculty of these three teaching institutions.