Extensively revised and updated, this is a classic book covering radiology of the abdomen as it relates to the progression of disease within an organ and from one organ to another. It provides a systematic application of anatomic and dynamic principles to the practical understanding and diagnosis of intraabdominal disease. The full range of imaging modalities are addressed, from plain films and conventional contrast studies to CT, US, MRI and endoscopic ultrasonography. Several new chapters and dozens of illustrations have been added to the Fifth Edition."...an absolute must for all radiologic departments and prerequisite reading for all radiology residents." -ABDOMINAL IMAGING (REVIEW OF PREVIOUS ED)

Sinee the publieation of the First Edition of Dynamie Radiology of the Abdomen: Normal and Pathologie Anatomy six years ago, literally hundreds ofseientifie articles in the literature have attested to its basic insights in the understanding and clinieal diagnosis ofa speetrum ofintraabdominal diseases. Based on radiologie correlations with anatomieand pathologie features, the observations have proven readily applieable and highly accurate by ultrasonography and particularly com puted tomography (CT) . This edition is designed to provide a eomprehensiveupdateofthese prineiples and their clinieal applieations, to include not only plain films and eonventional contrast studies, but also ultrasonography and CT. To aeeomplish these ends, some seetions have been eompletely rewritten and new seetions and ehapters have been added. Over 503 illustrations have been added, many of them CT images. The atlas of anatomie cross-sections in color has been retained, and these as weIl as all CT images are now oriented aeeording to the eonvention generally adopted shortly after the First Edition was published, i. e., as if viewed from below with the subjects's right to the viewer's left. While a few of the CT illustrations are not of the highest quality, the reader will understand that they havebeen earefullyseleeted for the particularabnormality they demonstrate. The rcferenees have been updated to eite not only classie articles, but seleetions from the literature through 1981. Partieular appreeiation is expressed to the following for their cooperation: james L. Clements, jr., M.D., jaek Farman, M.D., Gary Ghahremani, M.D.

This book provides a systematie applieation of anatomie and dynamie prineiples to the praetieal understanding and diagnosis of intraabdominal diseases. Anatomie sections and injeetion studies form a basis for understanding the eharaeteristie features of many eommon and uncommon diseases and their spread and loealization in the abdomen. These relationships and speeifie eriteria provide a rational system for accurate radiologie analysis in plain films, eonventional eontrast studies, ultrasonography, and computerized transaxial tomography (CTT). This informa tion leads to the uncovering of clinieally deeeptive diseases, the evaluation of the effeets of disease, the antieipation of eompliea tions, and the determination of the appropriate diagnostie and therapeutie approaches. The introductory atlas presents full color anatomie cross seetions of the abdomen and pelvis, eomplemented by labeled traeings, and detailed CTT seans at eorresponding levels. The seetions, whieh are approximately 3. 8 em (1. 5 in.) thiek, were obtained from fresh eadavers frozen in dry iee for 48 hours, in order to maintain the true intimate anatomie relationships. The aeeompanying text of the atlas stresses normal gross rela tionships, eommon variants, and the basis of their radiologie identifieation, partieularly in plain films. The subsequent ehap ters deal with the diagnosis and the pathways of spread of infeetion, malignaneies, and traumatie and inflammatory effu sions within the intra- and extraperitoneal spaees. Emphasis is plaeed on the specifie loealizing features based on the anatomie planes and reeesses and the dynamies of extension of disease.