Pocket Tutor: Abdominal Imaging

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. First principles
Anatomy / Imaging modalities
Chapter 2. Understanding normal results
Step-by-step guide / Abdominal ultrasound / Barium studies / CT and MRI / CT angiography
Chapter 3. Recognising abnormalities
Fat-line abnormalities / Gas shadow abnormalities / Calcifications / Abnormalities on barium examinations / Solid organ abnormalities
Chapter 4. Gastrointestinal system
Achalasia / Appendicitis / Coeliac disease / Colorectal cancer / Diverticulitis / Gastric cancer / Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease / GI tract haemorrhage / Ischaemic colitis / Inflammatory bowel disease – Crohn's disease / Inflammatory bowel disease – ulcerative colitis / Obstruction – small bowel / Obstruction – large bowel / Oesophageal cancer / Oesophageal perforation (Boerhaave's syndrome) / Oesophageal varices / Peptic ulceration / Perforation of the GI tract / Pseudomembranous colitis / Scleroderma / Tuberculosis of the GI tract / Volvulus of the colon
Chapter 5. Genitourinary system
Renal artery stenosis / Renal cell carcinoma / Renal failure / Trauma – renal injuries / Urolithiasis (renal tract stones) / Testicular cancer / Testicular hydrocoele / Testicular torsion / Testicular varicocoele / Prostatic cancer / Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Chapter 6. Hepatobiliary system
Cholecystitis / Cholangiocarcinoma / Cirrhosis / Gallbladder cancer / Haemangiomas / Hepatitis / Hepatocellular carcinoma / Hepatic metastases / Pancreatic cancer / Pancreatitis / Portal hypertension / Trauma – hepatosplenic injury
Chapter 7. Paediatrics
Cryptorchidism / Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis / Intussusception / Necrotising enterocolitis / Congenital renal anomalies / Common paediatric tumours – neuroblastomas / Common paediatric tumours – Wilms' tumour / VACTERL syndrome / Vesicoureteric reflux
Chapter 8. Gynaecological disorders
Ectopic pregnancy / Endometriosis / Fibroids / Ovarian cancer / Ovarian cysts / Pelvic inflammatory disease
Chapter 9. Miscellaneous disorders
Abscess (intra-abdominal) / Abdominal aneurysm / Ascites / Abdominal hernias / Lymphoma / Penetrating and projectile injuries / Adrenal tumours – phaeochromocytomas