William T. O’Brien Sr. Top 3 Differentials in Radiology. A Case Review

Excerpt

This is the second edition of a successful publication, having as its main goal to give to residents the best preparation for the American board examination in Radiology. The editor is William T. O’Brien Sr., Director of Paediatric Neuroradiology Fellowship and Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati. The contributors are a large series of authors with different experience, with a range that goes from expert radiologists and professors with years of practice to students. Therefore, the book is strongly characterized by the format structured by the editor, who has imposed editorial standards, very valid from the educational point of view, to be strictly followed by the individual providers. The volume is made of 720 high-yield pages and is based on the fundamental contribution of 825 high quality illustrations. With respect to the first edition, published in 2010, many illustrative cases have been added improving and updating the clinical content. The structure of the book is organized in the following 13 sections, covering all the issues involved in the board examination. Each is managed by a sub-editor and the arguments are the following: 1) chest and cardiac imaging; 2) gastrointestinal imaging; 3) genitourinary imaging; 4) musculoskeletal imaging; 5) head and neck imaging; 6) brain and spine imaging; 7) paediatric imaging; 8) ultrasound imaging; 9) foetal imaging; 10) vascular and interventional radiology; 11) nuclear medicine; 12) breast imaging; 13) Roentgen classics, including cases taken from the previous sections, in which findings are characteristic of a single diagnosis. Finally, an index of differential diagnoses and an index of key findings are added at the end. …