Imaging of Bone Tumors in Wrist, Hand, Ankle and Foot (eBook)

This book provides a detailed description of typical imaging features of bone tumors and tumor-like lesions in the wrist, hand, ankle and foot. Each chapter deals with one major bone tumor or tumor-like lesions, for example, chondroma, enchondroma, gout, giant cell tumors, lymphoma, osteosarcoma, bone metastases, 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 tumour specialists is presented at the end of each chapter. 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 Immediate Past President of Asia Musculoskeletal Society. Yongbin Su is Chief Physician at the same department with Xiaoguang Cheng. Mingqian Huang is a Professor at the Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.

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This book provides a detailed description of typical imaging features of bone tumors and tumor-like lesions in the wrist, hand, ankle and foot. Each chapter deals with one major bone tumor or tumor-like lesions, for example, chondroma, enchondroma, gout, giant cell tumors, lymphoma, osteosarcoma, bone metastases, 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 tumour specialists is presented at the end of each chapter. This book will be useful and worthy to musculoskeletal radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, general radiologists, and oncologists.