A Radiologic Approach to Diseases of the Chest

Section 1: An approach to the diagnosis of thoracic abnormalities: thoracic trauma; pulmonary atelectasis; pulmonary alveolar consolidation; the solitary pulmonary nodule; cysts and cavities of the lung; intrathoracic lymph nodes; the immunocompromised patient; the radiographic and high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) finding the interstitial lung disease; intrathoracic air trapping; pulmonary arterial hypertension; diseases of the pleura; diseases of the mediastinum; abnormal thoracic air; the neonatal chest; diseases specific to childhood; the ICU chest. Section 2 Specific diseases of the thorax: congestive heart failure; diseases of the thoracic aorta; pulmonary thromboembolic disease; pulmonary bacterial infections; pulmonary viral infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections; thoracic fungus infections; the pneumoconioses; thoracic sarcoidosis; primary pulmonary neoplasm; pulmonary metastatic disease; benign lymphoproliferative diseases; Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the thorax; mediastinal masses; pulmonary vasculitis: collagen vascular disease and necrotizing granulomatous angitis; hypersensitivity or allergic lung disease; drug-induced diseases of the thorax and reaction to radiation therapy; cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis; obstructive lung disease; AIDS. Section 3 Specific diseases of the thorax: biopsy and drainage procedures; helical (spiral) CT scanning of the thorax; digital chest radiography; magnetic resonance imaging of the thorax: clinical utility in comparison with CT