Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors

This new, magnificently illustrated sourcebook provides a comprehensive review of the radiologist manifestations of soft tissue tumors and tumorlike masses with an emphasis on state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. It features a close-up look at the full spectrum of lesions encountered in clinical practice--from common and not so common processes. Plain radiography, angiography, scintigraphy, and ultrasound are covered where appropriate.* * Takes a systematic approach to the imaging analysis of soft tissue tumours--to establish a method of systematic analysis. * Analyses the most common soft tissue tumours by patient age and lesion location, based on an analysis of more than 30,000 tumours--to aid in establishing a suitably ordered differential diagnosis. * Emphasizes the correlation of radiologic appearances with underlying gross and microscopic pathology--providing readers with a full understanding of the underlying disease process. * Presents an algorithm for the workup of patients with soft tissue tumours--which serve as a guide to the imaging of soft tissue lesions. * Provides information on staging lesions, including the Enneking system, the American Joint Committee system, and the rhabdomyosarcoma staging system--which gives the information necessary to radiologically stage lesions. * Features individual chapters on common tumours such as fatty tumours, vascular and lymphatic tumours, fibrous tumours, fibrohistiocytic tumours, muscle tumours, peripheral nerve sheath tumours, synovial tumours, and bone and cartilage forming tumours--to give readers a wide spectrum of virtually all possible soft tissue lesions. * Covers unusual tumours as well as tumourlike masses--to inform radiologists of the wide variety of lesions which may mimic a soft tissue tumour.