The second edition of Bone and Joint Disorders derived from the critically acclaimed series
Differential Diagnosis in Conventional Radiology provides the essential information you need
to make the conventional x-ray an effective tool in diagnosing disorders affecting the bones
and joints. The book is organized according to classes of radiologic findings with separate
chapters addressing the differential diagnosis of osteopenia osteosclerosis trauma and
fractures arthritis and tumors as well as the differential diagnosis of lesions specific to
anatomic sites. Concise but comprehensive tables outline key information about findings and
etiology and provide additional commentary on pertinent clinical data such as common
locations frequency and prevalence of the described disease or disorder. Highlights:
Organizes information according to classes of radiologic findings mirroring the situation
encountered in clinical practice Uses easy-to-reference tables that classify findings
correlate differential diagnoses and provide key adjunct clinical information to help in
confirm the diagnosis Includes more than 1 000 images and illustrations that are captioned by
succinct descriptions pinpointing key characteristics of disorders Features completely
rewritten chapters Localized Bone Lesions and Joint Diseases with all new radiographs and a
greatly expanded chapter Trauma and Fractures with many new and improved radiographs and
schematic diagrams Authoritative and comprehensive Bone and Joint Disorders is an outstanding
professional reference for the radiologist who must develop diagnoses and differential
diagnoses of bone and joint disorders. This book is also of interest to residents preparing for
their specialist examinations.
