Now fully revised and up-to-date, Expert DDx: Brain and Spine, second edition, quickly guides you to the most likely differential diagnoses based on key imaging findings and clinical information. It presents more than 250 of the top differential diagnoses across a broad spectrum of central nervous system diseases, encompassing specific anatomic locations, generic imaging findings, modality-specific findings, and clinically based indications. Every reader will have expert guidance for defining and reporting useful, actionable differential diagnoses that lead to definitive findings in every area of the brain and spine.

• • Presents at least eight clear, sharp, succinctly annotated images for each diagnosis; a list of diagnostic possibilities sorted as common, less common, and rare but important; and brief, bulleted text offering helpful diagnostic clues

• Separates adult and pediatric DDx lists for even faster reference

• • Includes expanded differential considerations, new cases, and new images throughout

• Covers hot topics such as different variants of medulloblastoma, convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and hyperdense basal ganglia

Review

“As a reference for neuroradiology, it is hard to find faults with what the authors have created. The material is presented in a way that readers can easily navigate the book without getting overwhelmed. The level of detail and the quality of the images are excellent. This is the ideal reference for on-call radiologists encountering a challenging case.” Reviewed by Prem Thanaratnam, MD (Baystate Medical Center)

Contents

SECTION 1: Scalp, Skull
SECTION 2: Meninges
SECTION 3: Ventricles, Periventricular Regions
SECTION 4: Extraaxial Spaces and Subarachnoid Cisterns
SECTION 5: Brain Parenchyma, General
SECTION 6: Supratentorial Brain Parenchyma
SECTION 7: Infratentorial Brain Parenchyma
SECTION 8: Sella/Juxtasellar, Pineal Region
SECTION 9: Arteries
SECTION 10: Veins, Venous Sinuses
SECTION 11: Cranial Nerves
SECTION 1: Transspatial
SECTION 2: Craniovertebral Junction
SECTION 3: Vertebral Body, Posterior Elements
SECTION 4: Intervertebral Disc, Endplate
SECTION 5: Extradural
SECTION 6: Intradural Extramedullary
SECTION 7: Intramedullary