Pathology of Bone and Joint Disorders with Clinical and Radiographic Correlation

By Edward F. McCarthy and Frank J. Frassica

Book Overview

The new, user-friendly, descriptive, and affordable reference reviews the entire spectrum of orthopedic diseases. Its mulitdisciplinary approach stresses teamwork between orthopedists, radiologists, and pathologists. Written in an easy-to-read, narrative style, each chapter cpvers a, ajor disease category, including metabolic bone disease, congenital bone disease, bone tumours, and infection.an interdisciplinary team approach, delineating the relationship of historic changes with radiologic features and the behaviour of each lesion.Offers a concise, but comprehensive overview of bone disease in a single reference.
Uses a consistent approach to each disease catagory that includes a short historical introduction, a clinical discussion, a radiographic analysis (including MR and CT), a description of the histopathology, and treatment suggestions.Presents an overveiw of hte basic principles of radiologic and pathologic diagnosis in the introductory chapter.
Outlines the language of orthopedic processes in the Anatomy and Physiology of Bone chapter.Shows the methods for interpreting radiographic images, and features typical images for each disease.
Provides abuntant gross photographs, radiographic images, photomicrographs, and diagrams.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721663362
• ISBN13: 9780721663364
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 1.0" x 9.0"