Making the Diagnosis: A Practical Guide to Breast Imaging E-Book: Expert Consult - Online and Print

by FACR Harvey MD, David E March MD

Overview

Detect and identify breast lesions at the earliest possible stage with Making the Diagnosis: A Practical Guide to Breast Imaging. Dr. Jennifer Harvey and Dr. David E. March utilize a practical, case-based approach to help you select and make optimal use of today's imaging options. - Consult this title on your favorite e-reader with intuitive search tools and adjustable font sizes. Elsevier eBooks provide instant portable access to your entire library, no matter what device you're using or where you're located. - Learn the right questions to ask when viewing a mammogram, MRI, or ultrasound. - Zero in on the key information you need to know with highly templated, concise chapters followed by case studies that reinforce and expand your knowledge. - Distinguish normal variants and lookalike lesions from cancer thanks to expert, highly visual guidance on all relevant imaging modalities. - Interpret the findings you're likely to see in practice with the aid of high-quality images, enhanced with arrows and labels to help you recognize and identify suspicious lesions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455751907
Publisher:	Saunders, W. B. Company
Publication date:	05/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	584
File size:	42 MB
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Table of Contents

Section I: Approach and Technique 1. The First Question 2. Physics Facts that WILL Improve Your Images 3. Screening Mammography 101 and Beyond 4. The Recalled Patient: Now What? Section II: Findings on Mammography 5. Breast Anatomy and Physiology: Recognizing Normal Changes 6. Calcifications Made Easy 7. Management of Masses: BI-RADS 2, 3, or 4? 8. Multiple Masses 9. Architectural Distortion 10. Mammographic Asymmetries 11. Expanding the Differential Diagnosis: Going Beyond IDC-NOS Section III: Screening Detection 12. Finding Cancers in Dense Tissue 13. Measuring and Managing Breast Cancer Risk Section IV: Diagnostic Examinations and Management 14. The Painful and the Palpable 15. Evaluation of Nipple Discharge 16. The Male Breast 17. Imaging the Patient with Breast Cancer Section V: Postoperative Studies 18. The Postoperative Breast 19. Evaluating Women with Implants Section VI: Interventions 20. Breast Needle Biopsy: Tips for Challenging Cases

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Detect early. Diagnose accurately. A proven, case-based approach helps you do both.

Editorial Reviews

"This book provides superb guidance for the interpretation of breast imaging studies for those interpreting physicians who are not subspecialists in breast imaging as well as for trainees in breast imaging. It fills an important niche in the field."-Bennett Greenspan, MD, MD(Medical College of Georgia) Doody Review: 5 stars

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