"Due to the remarkable concentration of various vital organs that can be visualized in thoracic imaging, the region occupies a firm central place in the spectrum of diagnostic imaging. The book is based on the contents of the curriculum for thoracic imaging of the European Society of Radiology and covers the gamut of issues in thoracic imaging that radiologists are faced with in their daily clinical practice. Contents are divided into four main sections: fundamentals of diagnostic thoracic imaging, diseases of the chest and special findings, differential diagnostic considerations and incidental findings, and glossary. Key Features: Full coverage of all disease entities as they affect the lungs, airways, pleura, mediastinum, thorax wall and diaphragm, thoracic arteries and veins, and the heart All imaging modalities are covered in detail: projection radiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT, and MRI, as well as digital image postprocessing Subsections concentrate on the more critical findings, such as pulmonary nodules and cavitary lesions Special section on occupational pulmonary diseases Congenital malformations of the thorax, and much more Diagnostic Imaging of the Chest is an essential reference guide for radiologists, both in training and in practice"--.

• Diagnostic Imaging of the Chest
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• Abbreviations
• Part I: Fundamentals of Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging
  • 1 Examination Technique
    • 1.1 Projection Radiography
      • 1.1.1 Standing Position
      • 1.1.2 Supine Radiographs
    • 1.2 Fluoroscopy
    • 1.3 Computed Tomography
      • 1.3.1 High-Resolution Computed Tomography
      • 1.3.2 Low-Dose Computed Tomography
      • 1.3.3 Special CT Examination Techniques
      • 1.3.4 Dual-Energy Computed Tomography
    • 1.4 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • 1.4.1 Introduction
      • 1.4.2 Equipment Technology
      • 1.4.3 Pulse Sequences for Diagnostic Imaging
      • 1.4.4 Recommendations for Examination Protocols
    • 1.5 Ultrasonography
    • 1.6 Positron Emission Tomography–Computed Tomography
    • 1.7 Image Reformatting
    • 1.8 Computer-Assisted Diagnosis
      • 1.8.1 Computer-Assisted Detection
      • 1.8.2 Volumetry
  • 2 Basic Anatomy
    • 2.1 The Mediastinum
      • 2.1.1 The Vascular System
      • 2.1.2 The Lymphatic System
      • 2.1.3 The Trachea and Bronchi
      • 2.1.4 The Thymus
    • 2.2 The Heart and Pericardium
    • 2.3 The Lung
      • 2.3.1 Hilar Structures
      • 2.3.2 The Lobes and Segments of the Lung
      • 2.3.3 Connective Tissue Compartments
      • 2.3.4 The Lobule
    • 2.4 The Pleura
    • 2.5 The Diaphragm
  • 3 General Symptomatology
    • 3.1 Projection Radiography
      • 3.1.1 Generic Signs
      • 3.1.2 Unilateral Changes in Radiolucency
      • 3.1.3 Atelectasis
    • 3.2 Computed Tomography
      • 3.2.1 Linear and Reticular Opacities
      • 3.2.2 Nodular Opacities
      • 3.2.3 Increased Lung Opacity
      • 3.2.4 Decreased Lung Opacity
      • 3.2.5 Cysts
      • 3.2.6 Radiologic Signs of Fibrosis
  • 4 Indications
• Part II: Diseases of the Chest and Special Findings
  • 5 Pneumonia
    • 5.1 Community-Acquired Pneumonia
    • 5.2 Hospital-Acquired/Nosocomial Pneumonia
    • 5.3 Opportunistic Pneumonia
      • 5.3.1 Fungal Pneumonia
      • 5.3.2 Viral Pneumonia
    • 5.4 Mycobacteriosis
      • 5.4.1 Tuberculosis
      • 5.4.2 Atypical Mycobacteriosis
    • 5.5 Summary
  • 6 Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases
    • 6.1 Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
      • 6.1.1 The Role of Radiology
      • 6.1.2 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
      • 6.1.3 Idiopathic Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia
      • 6.1.4 Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
      • 6.1.5 Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
      • 6.1.6 Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Interstitial Lung Disease
      • 6.1.7 Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia
      • 6.1.8 Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
      • 6.1.9 Familial Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
      • 6.1.10 Unclassifiable Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
    • 6.2 Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases of Known Origin
      • 6.2.1 Lung involvement in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
      • 6.2.2 Drug-Induced Lung Disease
      • 6.2.3 Parenchymal Lung Diseases Due to Extrinsic Noxae
    • 6.3 Granulomatous Parenchymal Lung Diseases
      • 6.3.1 Sarcoidosis
      • 6.3.2 Other Granulomatous Parenchymal Lung Diseases
    • 6.4 Other Types of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases
      • 6.4.1 Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
      • 6.4.2 Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
      • 6.4.3 Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
      • 6.4.4 Vasculitis and Other Autoimmune Diseases of the Lung
    • 6.5 Summary
      • 6.5.1 Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
      • 6.5.2 Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases of Known Origin
      • 6.5.3 Granulomatous Parenchymal Lung Diseases
      • 6.5.4 Other Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases
  • 7 Immunologic Diseases of the Lung
    • 7.1 Allergic Pulmonary Diseases
      • 7.1.1 Asthma
      • 7.1.2 Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
      • 7.1.3 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
    • 7.2 Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
      • 7.2.1 Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia (Loeffler Syndrome)
      • 7.2.2 Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia
      • 7.2.3 Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia
      • 7.2.4 Bronchocentric Granulomatosis
      • 7.2.5 Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
    • 7.3 Summary
  • 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    • 8.1 Pulmonary Emphysema
      • 8.1.1 Emphysema on Computed Tomography
      • 8.1.2 Emphysema on Chest Radiography
    • 8.2 Chronic Bronchitis
    • 8.3 Bronchiectasis
    • 8.4 Summary
  • 9 Tumors of the Lung
    • 9.1 Hamartoma
    • 9.2 Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
    • 9.3 Lung Cancer
      • 9.3.1 Classification
      • 9.3.2 Imaging Findings
      • 9.3.3 Staging
      • 9.3.4 Treatment Concepts
      • 9.3.5 Early Detection and Lung Cancer Screening
    • 9.4 Carcinoid
    • 9.5 Rare Malignant Tumors of the Lung
    • 9.6 Pulmonary Lymphoma
    • 9.7 Lung Metastases
      • 9.7.1 Nodular Metastasis
      • 9.7.2 Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis
    • 9.8 Inflammatory Pseudotumor
    • 9.9 Summary
  • 10 Airway Diseases
    • 10.1 Diseases of the Trachea and Mainstem Bronchi
      • 10.1.1 Tracheal Stenosis and Stenosis of the Mainstem Bronchi
      • 10.1.2 Tracheal Diverticula
      • 10.1.3 Tracheal Rupture
      • 10.1.4 Foreign Body Aspiration
      • 10.1.5 Benign Tumors
      • 10.1.6 Malignant Tumors
      • 10.1.7 Inflammatory and Other Systemic Diseases
      • 10.1.8 Saber Sheath Trachea
      • 10.1.9 Tracheomalacia and Bronchomalacia
    • 10.2 Small Airway Diseases
      • 10.2.1 Infectious Bronchiolitis
      • 10.2.2 Bronchiolitis Obliterans and Constrictive Bronchiolitis
      • 10.2.3 Other Forms of Bronchiolitis
    • 10.3 Summary
  • 11 Pleural Diseases
    • 11.1 Pneumothorax
      • 11.1.1 Imaging Findings
      • 11.1.2 Differential Diagnosis
    • 11.2 Pleural Effusion
    • 11.3 Pleural Empyema
    • 11.4 Pleural Fibrosis
      • 11.4.1 Pleural Plaques
      • 11.4.2 Pleural Thickening
    • 11.5 Pleural Tumors
      • 11.5.1 Lipoma
      • 11.5.2 Pleural Mesothelioma
      • 11.5.3 Solitary Fibrous Pleural Tumor
      • 11.5.4 Pleural Carcinosis
    • 11.6 Summary
  • 12 Mediastinal Diseases
    • 12.1 Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
    • 12.2 Mediastinitis
    • 12.3 Pneumomediastinum
    • 12.4 Esophageal Tumors
    • 12.5 Mediastinal Tumors and Tumor-Like Masses
      • 12.5.1 Mediastinal Masses of Low Density
      • 12.5.2 Solid Mediastinal Tumors of the Anterior Mediastinum
    • 12.6 Summary
  • 13 Diseases of the Chest Wall and Diaphragm
    • 13.1 Infection
    • 13.2 SAPHO Syndrome
    • 13.3 Tumors of the Chest Wall
      • 13.3.1 Benign Tumors
      • 13.3.2 Malignant Tumors
    • 13.4 Diaphragmatic Paresis
    • 13.5 Diaphragmatic Hernia
    • 13.6 Deformities of the Chest Wall
    • 13.7 Summary
  • 14 Vascular Diseases
    • 14.1 Diseases of the Pulmonary Arteries
      • 14.1.1 Acute Pulmonary Embolism
      • 14.1.2 Chronic Thromboembolic Disease and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
      • 14.1.3 Pulmonary Hypertension
      • 14.1.4 Swyer–James Syndrome
    • 14.2 Diseases of the Pulmonary Veins
    • 14.3 Diseases of the Aorta and Major Arteries
      • 14.3.1 Acute Aortic Syndrome
      • 14.3.2 Vasculitis of the Great Vessels
    • 14.4 Summary
  • 15 Chest Trauma
    • 15.1 Blunt Chest Trauma
      • 15.1.1 Lung Parenchyma
      • 15.1.2 Mediastinum
      • 15.1.3 Pleural Space
      • 15.1.4 Trunk Wall
      • 15.1.5 Diaphragm
    • 15.2 Penetrating Chest Trauma
    • 15.3 Summary
  • 16 Diagnostic Imaging of the Chest in Intensive Care Medicine
    • 16.1 Indications for Chest Radiography in Intensive Care Medicine
    • 16.2 Detection and Malposition of Implanted Devices
      • 16.2.1 Tracheal Tubes
      • 16.2.2 Central Venous Catheters
      • 16.2.3 Pulmonary Artery Catheters (Swan-Ganz Catheter)
      • 16.2.4 Nasogastric Tubes
      • 16.2.5 Chest Tubes
      • 16.2.6 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
      • 16.2.7 Other Implanted Devices
    • 16.3 Typical Findings in Intensive Care Unit Patients
    • 16.4 Congestive Heart Failure
      • 16.4.1 Left-sided Congestive Heart Failure
      • 16.4.2 Right-sided Congestive Heart Failure
    • 16.5 Pulmonary Edema
      • 16.5.1 Hydrostatic Edema
      • 16.5.2 Permeability Edema
    • 16.6 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    • 16.7 Summary
  • 17 Treatment-Related Changes
    • 17.1 The Postoperative Thorax
      • 17.1.1 Partial Lung Resection
      • 17.1.2 Pneumonectomy
      • 17.1.3 Surgery for Pleural Diseases
      • 17.1.4 Surgery for Pneumothorax
      • 17.1.5 Lung Transplantation
      • 17.1.6 Heart Surgery
      • 17.1.7 Esophageal Surgery
      • 17.1.8 General Complications of Thoracic Surgery
    • 17.2 Bronchoscopic and Surgical Procedures for Treatment of Pulmonary Emphysema
      • 17.2.1 Bronchoscopic Procedures
      • 17.2.2 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
    • 17.3 Radiotherapy
    • 17.4 Chemotherapy
    • 17.5 Stem Cell Transplantation
      • 17.5.1 Complications of Stem Cell Transplantation
      • 17.5.2 Graft-versus-Host Disease
    • 17.6 Summary
  • 18 Occupational Lung Diseases
    • 18.1 Introduction
    • 18.2 Imaging Modalities
      • 18.2.1 Chest Radiography
      • 18.2.2 Computed Tomography
      • 18.2.3 Other Imaging Modalities
    • 18.3 Disease Entities
      • 18.3.1 Inorganic Dust-Induced Lung Diseases (Pneumoconiosis)
      • 18.3.2 Organic Dust-Induced Lung Diseases
      • 18.3.3 Acute Inhalation Toxicity
      • 18.3.4 Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma
      • 18.3.5 Malignant Occupational Diseases of the Lung and Pleura
    • 18.4 Diagnostic Imaging of Special Disease Entities
      • 18.4.1 Asbestosis and Asbestos Dust–Related Pleural Disease
      • 18.4.2 Silicosis
      • 18.4.3 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
      • 18.4.4 Occupational Malignant Thoracic Tumors
    • 18.5 Summary
  • 19 Congenital Thoracic Diseases and Malformations
    • 19.1 Congenital Lobar Emphysema
    • 19.2 Bronchial Atresia
    • 19.3 Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation
    • 19.4 Bronchogenic Cysts
    • 19.5 Vascular Anomalies
      • 19.5.1 Anomalies of the Pulmonary Arteries
      • 19.5.2 Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
    • 19.6 Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation
    • 19.7 Underdevelopment of the Lung
    • 19.8 Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
    • 19.9 Scimitar Syndrome
    • 19.10 Summary
  • 20 Nonvascular Interventions
    • 20.1 Biopsy
      • 20.1.1 Indications
      • 20.1.2 Preprocedure Assessment
      • 20.1.3 Technique
      • 20.1.4 Complications
    • 20.2 Drainage Therapy
      • 20.2.1 Indications
      • 20.2.2 Preprocedure Assessment
      • 20.2.3 Technique
      • 20.2.4 Complications
    • 20.3 Thermal Ablation of Lung Tumor
      • 20.3.1 Indications
      • 20.3.2 Technique
      • 20.3.3 Complications
• Part III: Differential Diagnostic Considerations and Incidental Findings
  • 21 Pulmonary Nodules
    • 21.1 Solitary Nodule
      • 21.1.1 Differential Diagnosis
      • 21.1.2 Management
    • 21.2 Multiple Nodules
      • 21.2.1 Differential Diagnosis
      • 21.2.2 Management
  • 22 Cavities
  • 23 Persistent or Migratory Pulmonary Infiltrates
    • 23.1 Raised Inflammatory Markers
      • 23.1.1 Infection
      • 23.1.2 Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
      • 23.1.3 Eosinophilic Pneumonia
      • 23.1.4 Vasculitis
      • 23.1.5 Radiation Pneumonitis
    • 23.2 Normal Inflammatory Markers
      • 23.2.1 Lung Cancer
      • 23.2.2 Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage
      • 23.2.3 Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
      • 23.2.4 Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
  • 24 Diagnostic Schema for Typical Computed Tomography Findings of Diffuse Pulmonary Diseases
    • 24.1 Main Finding: Interlobular Septal Thickening
    • 24.2 Main Finding: Intralobular Lines
    • 24.3 Main Finding: Nodules
    • 24.4 Main Finding: Ground-Glass Opacities
    • 24.5 Main Finding: Consolidations
    • 24.6 Main Finding: Cysts
• Part IV: Glossary
  • 25 Fleischner Society Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging
    • 25.1 Preliminary Remarks
    • 25.2 Glossary
    • 25.3 Additional Definitions
• Index