Imaging e Clinica del Rachide, delle Meningi e del Midollo

Large-format volume (19 x 27), 276 pages, 490 illustrations, hardback with full-colour laminated cover.

In recent years, the assessment of spinal cord, spinal spaces and spine disorders has significantly expanded thanks to MRI, which has often become the reference examination. Its clinical applications continue to grow, and technical progress largely drives diagnostic advances. A comprehensive update was therefore needed, both to define the role of different imaging techniques and to refine knowledge of common conditions such as degenerative radicular pain, as well as to improve diagnostic pathways for rarer entities such as myelitis and intramedullary tumours.

The opening chapters review the anatomical, clinical and technical foundations of spinal cord, radicular and perimedullary disorders, of meningeal or spinal origin. The book then covers spinal cord and spine malformations, trauma, tumours, infections and inflammatory conditions, degenerative conflicts, spinal cord cavities and vascular malformations. For each condition, the authors present a structured approach including clinical overview, pathology basics, imaging semiotics, differential diagnosis, the role of imaging and practical technical recommendations, giving the work a strong educational focus.