Nozioni Fondamentali di TC-BODY – 5th edition
Large-format volume (22 × 28 cm), 408 pages, 620 images and numerous tables, printed on high-quality paper with a colour softcover.
Although this book focuses on the “fundamentals” – which has always been our goal – basic principles continue to evolve in parallel with advances in computed tomography (CT), improved understanding of disease and changes in clinical practice. This new edition offers the opportunity to update key topics and add new material, including many high-quality modern images.
Part I, devoted to the chest, includes updates on adenocarcinoma classification, CT lung cancer screening (using the Lung-RADS reporting and data system), lung cancer staging and the classification and diagnosis of interstitial lung disease with high-resolution CT.
Additions to Part II, focused on the abdomen, include a review of the liver imaging reporting and data system (Li-RADS) for hepatocellular carcinoma, an update of the Atlanta classification of acute pancreatitis, a revised approach to cystic pancreatic neoplasms and a more detailed description of CT findings in the histologic subtypes of renal cell carcinoma.
In Part III, dealing with the musculoskeletal system, special emphasis is placed on the diagnosis of abnormalities – often incidental – detected on chest and abdominal CT scans obtained for non-musculoskeletal indications.
The years since the previous edition have seen continued advances in spiral or helical CT techniques. This edition reviews the CT protocols currently used in clinical practice for thoracic, abdominal and musculoskeletal imaging, including high-resolution CT, evaluation of pulmonary nodules and lung cancer screening, CT diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, CT enterography and enteroclysis, CT colonography and optimisation of CT techniques for musculoskeletal disorders.
New topics, additional diseases and new images have been added to all chapters, together with updated descriptions of normal anatomy and incidental findings. Disease classifications – such as those for lung adenocarcinoma, diffuse lung disease and pancreatic lesions – have been revised where appropriate.
We hope that readers will find this work both useful and rewarding.