| Ultrasonography of the Neck Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Bruneton, Jean-Noel (Author), Balu-Maestro, Catherine (Contribution by), Demard, Francois (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 3642715583 ISBN-13: 9783642715587 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Diagnostic Imaging - Ultrasonography - Medical | Surgery - General - Technology & Engineering | Acoustics & Sound |
| Dewey: 617 |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.5 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Owing to the anatomic complexity of the neck and the diver- sity of pathologic entities affecting it, the cervical region has long been of great semiological interest. Physical examination is an easy means of evaluating the size and origin of a solitary cervical mass, yet valid interpretation can prove difficult when the normal morphology of the neck has been altered; excellent examples are patients with extensive fibrosis or scarring secondary to previous irradiation or surgery. Like- wise, physical examination cannot assess the relations of a pathologic process to adjacent structures - e. g., invasion can- not be distinguished from simple displacement -and it is un- suitable for monitoring therapeutic efficacy, such as the re- sponse of metastatic nodes to medical management. Between physical examination, which remains fundamental, and exploratory surgical procedures, which are often the only means of obtaining indispensable anatomic proof for diagno- sis, lie a number of recent imaging techniques including com- puted tomography and magnetic resonance imaging using surface coils that provide invaluable information for the in- vestigation of cervical pathologies. Real-time ultrasonogra- phy occupies a privileged position because of its noninvasive- ness, rapidity, and reliability, especially when performed by a specially trained examiner. |