Spine Imaging uses a classic, case approach to provide multi-modality imaging studies and management guidance of spine pathologies for the consulting radiologist as well as the neurologist, orthopedist, or emergency clinician diagnosing and managing spinal patients. Eighty cases, featuring over 650 images, are organized into sections by pathologic process and include a clinical description followed by discussion on radiologic findings, clinical management, and a summary of key points. An additional section on imaging signs closes the volume. Cases address which image findings are clinically significant and which are not, how to understand the severity of an injury, and when additional advanced imaging is needed, making Spine Imaging an essential resource for managing these complex pathologies.

Review

“This is an excellent resource for individuals learning about disorders of the spine. The discussions of expected imaging findings based on mechanism of injury or disease pathology are extremely helpful in understanding how to interpret spine imaging. “- Doodys Review

About the Author

Shivani Gupta is a diagnostic neuroradiologist at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Center in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Danial M. Sciubba, MD is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology, and Orthopaedic Surgery and the Director of Spine Tumor and Spinal Deformity Research in the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University. Mark M. Mikhael, MD is a Reconstructive Spine Surgeon at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute and a clinician and educator at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. Savvas Nicolau is Associate Professsor and Director of Emergency/Trauma Imaging at Vancouver General Hospital.

Contents

Section I Trauma
Section II Tumors
Section III Degenerative Conditions and Arthropathies
Section IV Infections and Inflammatory
Section V Metabolic and Demyelinating
Section VI Congenital and Genetic Conditions
Section VII Vascular
Section VIII Miscellaneous
Section IX Signs in Radiology