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The Diabetic Foot: Medical and Surgical Management, Edited by A. Veves, John M. Giurini and Frank W. Logerfo, Md., Humana Press, 2002, 450 pp. ISBN 0-89603-925-0; € 190
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Univ. Klin. f. Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Germany doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00148-1
Differential Diagnosis in Abdominal Ultrasound, 2nd edition, W.B. Saunders Company, 2002, 0 7020 2652 2, 555 pp.; f68.65 Differential Diagnosis in Abdominal Ultrasound contains seven chapters with contributions from four authors. It covers all relevant issues of abdominal ultrasound in a clinical setting. This book is not intended for the unexperienced sonographer, as it does not contain ultrasound images like a case collection. Yet it provides concise information about the differential diagnosis in abdominal ultrasound including pathologies of the pelvis. It is easy to read and contains an appropriate index. Well illustrated figures give useful repetitions of the underlying anatomy and pathophysiology. The authors also included relevant issues in paediatric abdominal ultrasound. Special attention is focused on hepatic arterial, portal and venous flow pathology and its differential diagnosis. Summing up this book provides an up-to-date source of understanding the interpretation of findings in abdominal ultrasound. It can be highly recommended to everybody performing gastrointestinal, renal, urological and gynaecological ultrasound and should be a standard reference in any department’s library. The price of t68.65 is worth the investment. Christian Krestan, A.L. Bisset, A.N. Khan Univ. Klin. f. Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00149-3
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The practice of mammography. Pathology /technique / interpretation /adjunct modalities, Edited by D.J. Dronkers, J.H.C.L. Hendriks, R. Holland and G. Rosenbusch, Georg Thieme Verlag, 2002, 262 pp. ISBN 3-13-124371-6; f 122,40
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This book is an authorized translation of the German edition titled ‘‘Radiologische Mammadiagnostik’’ published in 1999. The editors, who are also the authors of the majority of chapters, are three well-known Dutch radiologists and one pathologist. The book gives a comprehensive description of all facets of performing breast mammograms, using anatomy and pathology as starting points, as well as an excellent overview about non-radiological aspects of breast carcinoma. The editors and other contributors from the Netherlands and Germany provide a total of 262 pages of text with tables, figures, illustrations and radiographs. The 11 chapters include the clinical characteristics of breast cancer, anatomy of the breast, benign and malignant disorders of the breast, epidemiology and treatment of breast cancer, physical and technical aspects of mammography, positioning in mammography, supplemental and advanced examinations, mammographic findings and their interpretation, breast cancer screening, diagnosis of breast diseases in males, and finally a retrospective view of diagnostic radiology of the breast. The authors have included a number of tables listing important criteria to help guide radiologists through the evaluation of a patient. The quality of the numerous radiographs is good, tables and figures are clear. The text is fluently written and the organization is excellent. Considering the information packed in the text and the quality of the images, the price of t 122,40 is fair. In summary, the book is an inspired combination of textbook and hand atlas, depicting efficiency and limitations of current mammographic techniques. It can be recommended as a standard reference for every resident and specialist. Stefan Puig University Clinic of Radiology, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00164-X
The Diabetic Foot: Medical and Surgical Management , Edited by A. Veves, John M. Giurini and Frank W. Logerfo, Md., Humana Press, 2002, 450 pp. ISBN 089603-925-0; f 190
The diabetic foot causes, despite strong efforts taken during the last decade, still serious diagnostic and therapeutic problems in today’s medicine. For the radiologist as a potential reader of this book the various
80
Book reviews
diagnostic procedures in view of potential therapeutic options are of major interest. Diagnostic imaging and interventional therapy is today definitely included in the multidisciplinary approach of diagnosis and treatment of this disease. In the preface the editors state that foot problems are probably the most preventable of all long-term complications of diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, substantial improvements of therapy can be expected basing on a recent understanding of wound healing pathophysiology. The book consists of 22 chapters in which all major topics of diabetic foot problems are covered. In the first three chapters the principles of diabetes mellitus, the epidemiology, and the physiological aspects of wound healing are covered. Chapters 4 /6 are about diabetic polyneuropathy, micro- and macrovascular disease and reflect the importance of these features in the development of the diabetic foot. In chapters 7 and 8, foot pressure abnormalities and biomechanical aspects are discussed. Biomechanics is focussed on the effects on the skin and the soft tissues without mentioning their influence on bone destruction. Chapter 9 is about clinical investigation techniques and chapter 10 is about radiographic changes. In the latter, all relevant imaging techniques are displayed including MRI and MR angiography. In chapters 11 and 12, the microbiology and classification schemes are described with valuable information about the aetiology and the severity of this disease. In chapters 13/22, the various surgical and nonsurgical therapeutic options are displayed. In chapter 21, angiographic and other interventional techniques are covered with a description of all relevant procedures in this field. The lists of references in each of the chapters are long and contain recent citations. The figures and tables are well chosen and especially the radiographic images are generally of good quality. The price of the book is adequate. This book is intended for all physicians and other medical professionals with peculiar interest in the diagnosis and therapy of the diabetic foot. Radiologists are not explicitly addressed by the editors. Some chapters dealing with imaging and interventional techniques contain all relevant and recent information and can be recommended to those who focus their interests in this specific field. F. Kainberger Univ. Klinik. fuer Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00165-1
MRI principles of the head, skull base and spine, Edited by J.C. Tamraz and C. Outin, Springer Verlag, France Paris, 2002, 657 pp. ISBN 2-287-59714-X; j 104 As perceivable from the title, this neuroradiologic textbook consists of three major parts devoted to pathologic conditions of the brain, the base of the skull and face and finally the spine and spinal cord. Two chapters precede these sections: one deals with basic aspects of MRI in neurosciences, the other is about invivo Neuro-MR spectroscopy. Each of the major parts is divided into a number of sections and subsections, starting with descriptions of imaging technique and anatomy and then focusing on a remarkable set of pathologic conditions presented as case studies. An overall number of 95 clinical neuroimaging cases are presented. As it is mentioned in the foreword of this textbook, it has several key qualities, which I would like to address in the following. For sure, this textbook is very easy and convenient to read, especially for a person who is about to enter the field of diagnostic neuroradiology or for colleagues from other specialties rather than radiology. It is clearly structured and the information provided is short, yet precisely brought to the point of what is necessary to know in the daily routine. In addition, the way the chapters are organized reviewing first clinical and pathologic features of the disease, second describing the MR features of morphology and signal intensity and finally presenting the provided information in forms of various didactical imaging cases makes this textbook a felicitous fusion of textbook and teaching atlas. The editors claim, that for adequately displaying the clinical cases, a whole number of 320 selected pathologies are included which are represented in more than 750 MR images. Indeed, the selection and quality of the iconography is clearly outstanding encompassing up-todate imaging methodology. However, a minor shortcoming of this textbook is the lack of clinical background information in some of the presented cases. In summary, this textbook or better atlas surely represents a useful and high-quality reference in the neuroradiologic department as well as in private practice. My residents will like it. Christine B. Henk Univ. Klin. f. Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00183-3
Univ. Klin. f. Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Germany doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00148-1
Differential Diagnosis in Abdominal Ultrasound, 2nd edition, W.B. Saunders Company, 2002, 0 7020 2652 2, 555 pp.; f68.65 Differential Diagnosis in Abdominal Ultrasound contains seven chapters with contributions from four authors. It covers all relevant issues of abdominal ultrasound in a clinical setting. This book is not intended for the unexperienced sonographer, as it does not contain ultrasound images like a case collection. Yet it provides concise information about the differential diagnosis in abdominal ultrasound including pathologies of the pelvis. It is easy to read and contains an appropriate index. Well illustrated figures give useful repetitions of the underlying anatomy and pathophysiology. The authors also included relevant issues in paediatric abdominal ultrasound. Special attention is focused on hepatic arterial, portal and venous flow pathology and its differential diagnosis. Summing up this book provides an up-to-date source of understanding the interpretation of findings in abdominal ultrasound. It can be highly recommended to everybody performing gastrointestinal, renal, urological and gynaecological ultrasound and should be a standard reference in any department’s library. The price of t68.65 is worth the investment. Christian Krestan, A.L. Bisset, A.N. Khan Univ. Klin. f. Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00149-3
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The practice of mammography. Pathology /technique / interpretation /adjunct modalities, Edited by D.J. Dronkers, J.H.C.L. Hendriks, R. Holland and G. Rosenbusch, Georg Thieme Verlag, 2002, 262 pp. ISBN 3-13-124371-6; f 122,40
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79
This book is an authorized translation of the German edition titled ‘‘Radiologische Mammadiagnostik’’ published in 1999. The editors, who are also the authors of the majority of chapters, are three well-known Dutch radiologists and one pathologist. The book gives a comprehensive description of all facets of performing breast mammograms, using anatomy and pathology as starting points, as well as an excellent overview about non-radiological aspects of breast carcinoma. The editors and other contributors from the Netherlands and Germany provide a total of 262 pages of text with tables, figures, illustrations and radiographs. The 11 chapters include the clinical characteristics of breast cancer, anatomy of the breast, benign and malignant disorders of the breast, epidemiology and treatment of breast cancer, physical and technical aspects of mammography, positioning in mammography, supplemental and advanced examinations, mammographic findings and their interpretation, breast cancer screening, diagnosis of breast diseases in males, and finally a retrospective view of diagnostic radiology of the breast. The authors have included a number of tables listing important criteria to help guide radiologists through the evaluation of a patient. The quality of the numerous radiographs is good, tables and figures are clear. The text is fluently written and the organization is excellent. Considering the information packed in the text and the quality of the images, the price of t 122,40 is fair. In summary, the book is an inspired combination of textbook and hand atlas, depicting efficiency and limitations of current mammographic techniques. It can be recommended as a standard reference for every resident and specialist. Stefan Puig University Clinic of Radiology, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00164-X
The Diabetic Foot: Medical and Surgical Management , Edited by A. Veves, John M. Giurini and Frank W. Logerfo, Md., Humana Press, 2002, 450 pp. ISBN 089603-925-0; f 190
The diabetic foot causes, despite strong efforts taken during the last decade, still serious diagnostic and therapeutic problems in today’s medicine. For the radiologist as a potential reader of this book the various
80
Book reviews
diagnostic procedures in view of potential therapeutic options are of major interest. Diagnostic imaging and interventional therapy is today definitely included in the multidisciplinary approach of diagnosis and treatment of this disease. In the preface the editors state that foot problems are probably the most preventable of all long-term complications of diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, substantial improvements of therapy can be expected basing on a recent understanding of wound healing pathophysiology. The book consists of 22 chapters in which all major topics of diabetic foot problems are covered. In the first three chapters the principles of diabetes mellitus, the epidemiology, and the physiological aspects of wound healing are covered. Chapters 4 /6 are about diabetic polyneuropathy, micro- and macrovascular disease and reflect the importance of these features in the development of the diabetic foot. In chapters 7 and 8, foot pressure abnormalities and biomechanical aspects are discussed. Biomechanics is focussed on the effects on the skin and the soft tissues without mentioning their influence on bone destruction. Chapter 9 is about clinical investigation techniques and chapter 10 is about radiographic changes. In the latter, all relevant imaging techniques are displayed including MRI and MR angiography. In chapters 11 and 12, the microbiology and classification schemes are described with valuable information about the aetiology and the severity of this disease. In chapters 13/22, the various surgical and nonsurgical therapeutic options are displayed. In chapter 21, angiographic and other interventional techniques are covered with a description of all relevant procedures in this field. The lists of references in each of the chapters are long and contain recent citations. The figures and tables are well chosen and especially the radiographic images are generally of good quality. The price of the book is adequate. This book is intended for all physicians and other medical professionals with peculiar interest in the diagnosis and therapy of the diabetic foot. Radiologists are not explicitly addressed by the editors. Some chapters dealing with imaging and interventional techniques contain all relevant and recent information and can be recommended to those who focus their interests in this specific field. F. Kainberger Univ. Klinik. fuer Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00165-1
MRI principles of the head, skull base and spine, Edited by J.C. Tamraz and C. Outin, Springer Verlag, France Paris, 2002, 657 pp. ISBN 2-287-59714-X; j 104 As perceivable from the title, this neuroradiologic textbook consists of three major parts devoted to pathologic conditions of the brain, the base of the skull and face and finally the spine and spinal cord. Two chapters precede these sections: one deals with basic aspects of MRI in neurosciences, the other is about invivo Neuro-MR spectroscopy. Each of the major parts is divided into a number of sections and subsections, starting with descriptions of imaging technique and anatomy and then focusing on a remarkable set of pathologic conditions presented as case studies. An overall number of 95 clinical neuroimaging cases are presented. As it is mentioned in the foreword of this textbook, it has several key qualities, which I would like to address in the following. For sure, this textbook is very easy and convenient to read, especially for a person who is about to enter the field of diagnostic neuroradiology or for colleagues from other specialties rather than radiology. It is clearly structured and the information provided is short, yet precisely brought to the point of what is necessary to know in the daily routine. In addition, the way the chapters are organized reviewing first clinical and pathologic features of the disease, second describing the MR features of morphology and signal intensity and finally presenting the provided information in forms of various didactical imaging cases makes this textbook a felicitous fusion of textbook and teaching atlas. The editors claim, that for adequately displaying the clinical cases, a whole number of 320 selected pathologies are included which are represented in more than 750 MR images. Indeed, the selection and quality of the iconography is clearly outstanding encompassing up-todate imaging methodology. However, a minor shortcoming of this textbook is the lack of clinical background information in some of the presented cases. In summary, this textbook or better atlas surely represents a useful and high-quality reference in the neuroradiologic department as well as in private practice. My residents will like it. Christine B. Henk Univ. Klin. f. Radiodiagnostik, AKH-Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00183-3