This illustrated text contains over 400 images on gastrointestinal conditions. Utilizing a "pattern approach", each chapter addresses a specific radiographic pattern, lists all possible disease entities and discusses differential diagnoses. It features a new section on ultrasound and CT of the gallbladder, liver and spleen. Topics covered thickened gallbladder wall; focal anechoic masses in the liver; complex or solid massess in the liver; shadowing lesions in the liver; generalized abnormal echogenicity of the liver; focal decreased-attenuation masses in the liver; focal increased-attenuation mass in the liver on contrast-enhanced CT; and generalized abnormal attenuation of the liver.
Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and a radiologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Ronald L. Eisenberg has published 20 books in his field of medicine. A non-practicing lawyer, he also has a doctoral degree in Jewish Studies.