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ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis

by Atif Zaheer, Siva P. Raman, Bryan R. Foster, Ghaneh Fananapazir

3rd Edition

Publisher: Elsevier

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Print ISBN9780323878661
eText ISBN9780323880527
PublisherElsevier
Publishing Year2022
Edition3rd Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages776

ExpertDDx: Abdomen and Pelvis, 3rd Edition functions as a specialized radiology textbook designed to guide structured diagnostic evaluations in body imaging. Formatted specifically for subspecialty abdominal imagers, general radiologists, and medical trainees, this edition provides systematic frameworks for analyzing complex radiologic presentations throughout the abdominal and pelvic cavities.

The main text addresses 175 common diagnostic challenges routinely encountered in clinical practice. Coverage moves systematically across anatomical regions from the esophagus and stomach to the urinary system and female pelvis, aiding practitioners as they organize differential considerations for both routine screening and acute clinical presentations.

To support visual comparative analysis, the volume features over 2,100 radiologic images, full-color illustrations, clinical photographs, histologic sections, and gross pathology specimens. This detailed visual collection assists radiologists during active case interpretation while offering clear educational guidance for trainees developing subspecialty diagnostic skills.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter SECTION 1: PERITONEUM AND MESENTERY

    • • GENERIC IMAGING PATTERNS
    • • 4 Mesenteric or Omental Mass (Solid)
    • • 10 Mesenteric or Omental Mass (Cystic)
    • • 14 Fat-Containing Lesion, Peritoneal Cavity
    • • 18 Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy
    • • 22 Abdominal Calcifications
    • • 28 Pneumoperitoneum
    • • 32 Hemoperitoneum
    • • 36 Misty (Infiltrated) Mesentery
    • • MODALITY-SPECIFIC IMAGING FINDINGS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
    • • 42 High-Attenuation (Hyperdense) Ascites
  2. Chapter SECTION 2: ABDOMINAL WALL

    • • ANATOMICALLY BASED DIFFERENTIALS
    • • 48 Abdominal Wall Mass
    • • 52 Mass in Iliopsoas Compartment
    • • 54 Groin Mass
    • • 58 Elevated or Deformed Hemidiaphragm
    • • 60 Defect in Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  3. Chapter SECTION 3: ESOPHAGUS

    • • 66 Intraluminal Mass, Esophagus
    • • 68 Extrinsic Mass, Esophagus
    • • 72 Lesion at Pharyngoesophageal Junction
    • • 74 Esophageal Ulceration
    • • 76 Mucosal Nodularity, Esophagus
    • • 78 Esophageal Strictures
    • • 80 Dilated Esophagus
    • • 82 Esophageal Outpouchings (Diverticula)
    • • 84 Esophageal Dysmotility
    • • CLINICALLY BASED DIFFERENTIALS
    • • 86 Odynophagia
  4. Chapter SECTION 4: STOMACH

    • • 90 Gastric Mass Lesions
    • • 96 Intramural Mass, Stomach
    • • 98 Target or Bull's-Eye Lesions, Stomach
    • • 100 Gastric Ulceration (Without Mass)
    • • 102 Intrathoracic Stomach
    • • 104 Thickened Gastric Folds
    • • 110 Gastric Dilation or Outlet Obstruction
    • • 114 Linitis Plastica, Limited Distensibility
    • • 118 Epigastric Pain
    • • 124 Left Upper Quadrant Mass
  5. Chapter SECTION 5: DUODENUM

    • • 130 Duodenal Mass
    • • 136 Dilated Duodenum
    • • 138 Thickened Duodenal Folds
  6. Chapter SECTION 6: SMALL INTESTINE

    • • 142 Multiple Masses or Filling Defects, Small Bowel
    • • 144 Cluster of Dilated Small Bowel
    • • 146 Aneurysmal Dilation of Small Bowel Lumen
    • • 148 Stenosis, Terminal Ileum
    • • 150 Segmental or Diffuse Small Bowel Wall Thickening
    • • 156 Pneumatosis of Small Intestine or Colon
    • • 160 Occult GI Bleeding
    • • 164 Small Bowel Obstruction
  7. Chapter SECTION 7: COLON

    • • 172 Solitary Colonic Filling Defect
    • • 174 Multiple Colonic Filling Defects
    • • 176 Mass or Inflammation of Ileocecal Area
    • • 182 Colonic Ileus or Dilation
    • • 186 Toxic Megacolon
    • • 188 Rectal or Colonic Fistula
    • • 194 Segmental Colonic Narrowing
    • • 198 Colonic Thumbprinting
    • • 200 Colonic Wall Thickening
    • • 206 Smooth Ahaustral Colon
    • • 208 Acute Right Lower Quadrant Pain
    • • 214 Acute Left Lower Quadrant Pain
  8. Chapter SECTION 8: SPLEEN

    • • 222 Splenomegaly
    • • 226 Multiple Splenic Calcifications
    • • 228 Solid Splenic Mass or Masses
    • • 230 Cystic Splenic Mass
    • • 232 Diffuse Increased Attenuation, Spleen
  9. Chapter SECTION 9: LIVER

    • • 236 Liver Mass With Central or Eccentric Scar
    • • 240 Focal Liver Lesion With Hemorrhage
    • • 244 Liver "Mass" With Capsular Retraction
    • • 246 Fat-Containing Liver Mass
    • • 248 Cystic Hepatic Mass
    • • 252 Focal Hypervascular Liver Lesion
    • • 258 Liver Mass With Mosaic Enhancement
    • • 262 Mosaic or Patchy Hepatogram
    • • 266 Hepatic Calcifications
    • • 270 Liver Lesion Containing Gas
    • • 274 Portal Venous Gas
    • • 276 Widened Hepatic Fissures
    • • 278 Dysmorphic Liver With Abnormal Bile Ducts
    • • 282 Focal Hyperperfusion Abnormality (THAD or THID)
    • • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    • • 288 Multiple Hypodense Liver Lesions
    • • 294 Multiple Hypointense Liver Lesions (T2WI)
    • • 298 Hyperintense Liver Lesions (T1WI)
    • • 304 Liver Lesion With Capsule or Halo on MR
    • • 308 Focal Hyperdense Hepatic Mass on Nonenhanced CT
    • • 312 Periportal Lucency or Edema
    • • 318 Widespread Low Attenuation Within Liver
    • • ULTRASOUND
    • • 322 Focal Hepatic Echogenic Lesion ± Acoustic Shadowing
    • • 328 Hyperechoic Liver, Diffuse
    • • 330 Hepatomegaly
    • • 334 Diffuse Liver Disease
    • • 336 Cystic Liver Lesion
    • • 340 Hypoechoic Liver Mass
    • • 344 Echogenic Liver Mass
    • • 348 Target Lesions in Liver
    • • 350 Multiple Hepatic Masses
    • • 354 Hepatic Mass With Central Scar
    • • 356 Periportal Lesion
    • • 360 Irregular Hepatic Surface
    • • 362 Portal Vein Abnormality
  10. Chapter SECTION 10: GALLBLADDER

    • • 366 Distended Gallbladder
    • • 368 Gas in Bile Ducts or Gallbladder
    • • 372 Focal Gallbladder Wall Thickening
    • • 374 Diffuse Gallbladder Wall Thickening
    • • 378 High-Attenuation (Hyperdense) Bile in Gallbladder
    • • 380 Hyperechoic Gallbladder Wall
    • • 382 Echogenic Material in Gallbladder
    • • 384 Dilated Gallbladder
    • • 388 Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Duct Dilatation
    • • 390 Right Upper Quadrant Pain
  11. Chapter SECTION 11: BILIARY TRACT

    • • 398 Dilated Common Bile Duct
    • • 404 Asymmetric Dilation of Intrahepatic Bile Ducts
    • • 408 Biliary Strictures, Multiple
    • • 412 Hypointense Lesion in Biliary Tree (MRCP)
  12. Chapter SECTION 12: PANCREAS

    • • 416 Hypovascular Pancreatic Mass
    • • 422 Hypervascular Pancreatic Mass
    • • 426 Cystic Pancreatic Mass
    • • 432 Atrophy or Fatty Replacement of Pancreas
    • • 434 Dilated Pancreatic Duct
    • • 438 Infiltration of Peripancreatic Fat Planes
    • • 444 Pancreatic Calcifications
    • • 448 Cystic Pancreatic Lesion
    • • 452 Solid Pancreatic Lesion
    • • 456 Pancreatic Duct Dilatation
  13. Chapter SECTION 13: RETROPERITONEUM

    • • 460 Retroperitoneal Mass, Cystic
    • • 466 Retroperitoneal Mass, Soft Tissue Density
    • • 472 Retroperitoneal Mass, Fat Containing
    • • 474 Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage
  14. Chapter SECTION 14: ADRENAL

    • • 478 Adrenal Mass
  15. Chapter SECTION 15: KIDNEY

    • • 486 Solid Renal Mass
    • • 490 Cystic Renal Mass
    • • 494 Bilateral Renal Cysts
    • • 498 Infiltrative Renal Lesions
    • • 502 Perirenal and Subcapsular Mass Lesions
    • • 506 Renal Cortical Nephrocalcinosis
    • • 508 Medullary Nephrocalcinosis
    • • 510 Perirenal Hemorrhage
    • • 514 Fat-Containing Renal Mass
    • • 518 Calcified Small Lesion in Kidney
    • • 522 Renal Sinus Lesion
    • • 528 Gas in or Around Kidney
    • • 530 Delayed or Persistent Nephrogram
    • • 534 Wedge-Shaped or Striated Nephrogram
    • • 538 Enlarged Kidney
    • • 542 Small Kidney
    • • 546 Hypoechoic Kidney
    • • 550 Hyperechoic Kidney
    • • 554 Renal Pseudotumor
    • • 556 Dilated Renal Pelvis
    • • 560 Hyperechoic Renal Mass
  16. Chapter SECTION 16: COLLECTING SYSTEM

    • • 568 Dilated Renal Calices
    • • 572 Radiolucent Filling Defect, Renal Pelvis
  17. Chapter SECTION 17: URETER

    • • 576 Ureteral Filling Defect or Stricture
    • • 580 Cystic Dilation of Distal Ureter
  18. Chapter SECTION 18: BLADDER

    • • 584 Filling Defect in Urinary Bladder
    • • 590 Urinary Bladder Outpouching
    • • 592 Gas Within Urinary Bladder
    • • 594 Abnormal Bladder Wall
  19. Chapter SECTION 19: URETHRA

    • • 600 Urethral Stricture
  20. Chapter SECTION 20: SCROTUM

    • • 604 Intratesticular Mass
    • • 608 Testicular Cystic Lesions
    • • 610 Extratesticular Cystic Mass
    • • 612 Extratesticular Solid Mass
    • • 614 Diffuse Testicular Enlargement
    • • 616 Decreased Testicular Size
    • • 618 Testicular Calcifications
  21. Chapter SECTION 21: PROSTATE AND SEMINAL VESICLES

    • • 622 Focal Lesion in Prostate
    • • 626 Enlarged Prostate
  22. Chapter SECTION 22: FEMALE PELVIS

    • • 630 Pelvic Fluid
    • • 634 Female Lower Genital Cysts
    • • 640 Extra-Ovarian Adnexal Mass
    • • 646 Acute Pelvic Pain in Non-Pregnant Women
  23. Chapter SECTION 23: UTERUS

    • • 654 Enlarged Uterus
    • • 658 Thickened Endometrium
    • • 664 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  24. Chapter SECTION 24: OVARY

    • • 672 Multilocular Ovarian Cysts
    • • 678 Unilocular Ovarian Cysts
    • • 684 Solid Ovarian Masses
    • • 688 Calcified Ovarian Masses
    • • 692 Ovarian Lesions With Low T2 Signal Intensity

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