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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781950503321

Autore

Sakthivel-Wainford Karen

Titolo

Self assessment in musculoskeletal pathology x-rays [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Sakthivel-Wainford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Keswick, Cumbria, : M&K Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-29349-8

9786613293497

1-907830-61-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

X-ray interpretation, 4

Disciplina

616.7075

Soggetti

X-rays

Musculoskeletal system

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Prelims; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Arthritis; Chapter 2 Osteoporosis; Chapter 3 Bone Tumours; Chapter 4 Avascular Necrosis and the Osteochondroses; Chapter 5 Arthropathies; Chapter 6 Tumours; Chapter 7 Metabolic Bone Disease; Chapter 8 Miscellaneous Cases; Chapter 9 Mixed Cases; Reading List and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Today many radiographers are trained to report on trauma radiographs. Universities are also training student radiographers to comment on trauma radiographs. It is useful, in some cases essential, that whilst we review the trauma radiograph we also recognise and note any appropriate pathology. For instance a patient attends Accident and Emergency with pain in their knee for several weeks following trauma; the radiographs show no fracture but some signs of a malignant bony tumour, which on further investigation is an osteo sarcoma. As with the other books in the series, this book starts with sev