This book has been designed to serve as a quick reference that will assist in decision making.
The book is ordered alphabetically according to diagnoses. The intention is that the clinician
consults the information on a suspected diagnosis and then considers the listed surgical and
radiological differential diagnoses. A total of 80 common diagnoses are covered. For each
diagnosis the left-hand page presents information relevant to the surgeon while the
right-hand page is designed for the radiologist. The information for the surgeon comprises
clinical insights including symptoms warnings controversies other important facts and the
surgical differential diagnosis. The radiologist is provided with lists of the primary and
follow-on investigations the imaging findings and helpful tips as well as the radiological
differential diagnosis. Informative supporting images are included for each diagnosis. The
authors are all experts in their fields with extensive practical experience.
