Imaging of Bone Tumors in Shoulder and Elbow (eBook)

This book provides a detailed description of typical imaging features of bone tumors and tumor-like lesions in the shoulder and elbow. Each chapter deals with one major bone tumor or tumor-like lesion, for example, giant cell tumor, bone cyst, osteochondroma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, bone metastases, lymphoma, etc. Typical cases are carefully selected from thousands of clinical cases accompanying with comprehensive imaging information of X-ray, CT and MRI. In-depth analysis and differential diagnostic tips from experienced bone tumor specialist are presented at the end of each case. This book will be useful and worthy to musculoskeletal radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, general radiologists, and oncologists. 

Xiaoguang Cheng is Director and Professor at the Department of Radiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China. He is also the President of Asia Musculoskeletal Society. 

 

Yongbin Su is Attending Physician at the same department with Xiaoguang Cheng. 

 

Mingqian Huang is a Section Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at the Department of Radiology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029, USA.

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This book provides a detailed description of typical imaging features of bone tumors and tumor-like lesions in the shoulder and elbow. Each chapter deals with one major bone tumor or tumor-like lesion, for example, giant cell tumor, bone cyst, osteochondroma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, bone metastases, lymphoma, etc. Typical cases are carefully selected from thousands of clinical cases accompanying with comprehensive imaging information of X-ray, CT and MRI. In-depth analysis and differential diagnostic tips from experienced bone tumor specialist are presented at the end of each case. This book will be useful and worthy to musculoskeletal radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, general radiologists, and oncologists.