Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases

"Should your x-ray or ultrasound department not have a copy of this text, I would recommend that you go and buy one. If you have room on your bookshelf it may be wise to buy two." RAD Magazine

• 1 General Principles.- 1. Principles of Ultrasonography and Types of Ultrasound Imaging.- 2. Types of Tissue Echo Pattern and Artifacts.- 3. Examination Methods and Positioning.- 4. An Anatomic Guide in the Examination of the Upper Abdomen: Echoangiography.- 2 The Liver.- 5. Examination Techniques.- 6. Sonoanatomy of the Liver.- 7. Hepatomegaly and Diffuse Liver Diseases.- 8. Metastases.- 9. Primary Tumors of the Liver and Ultrasonographic Follow-up of Liver Transplantation.- 10. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension.- 11. Abscesses, Cysts, and Parasitoses.- 12. Differential Diagnosis.- 13. The Postoperative Liver.- 14. Juxtahepatic Liquid Collections and Ascites; Sonoanatomy of the Peritoneum.- 3 The Bile Ducts.- 15. The Bile Ducts: Examination Techniques and Sonoanatomy.- 16. Biliary Lithiasis and Cholecystitis.- 17. Rare Abnormalities of the Bile Ducts, Congenital Anomalies, and Tumors.- 4 The Pancreas and Retroperitoneal Space.- 18. Examination of the Pancreas: Techniques.- 19. Sonoanatomy of the Pancreas.- 20. Acute Pancreatitis.- 21. Fluid Collections of Pancreatic Origin and Pseudocysts.- 22. Chronic Pancreatitis.- 23. Pancreatic Tumors and Overview of Pancreatic Disease.- 5 Humps, Lumps, and Sumps: Digestive Tract, Retroperitoneal Masses, Jaundice, and Perendoscopic Ultrasound.- 24. The Digestive Tract.- 25. Other Nonpancreatic Masses, Mainly Retroperitoneal.- 26. Jaundice.- 27. Perendoscopic Ultrasound (PERUS).- 6 Spleen, Acute Abdomen, and AIDS.- 28. The Spleen.- 29. The Acute Abdomen — Abscesses, Hematomas, and Postoperative Collections.- 30. Abdominal Ultrasound in AIDS Patients.- 31. Some Practical Advice, or, Howto Do Better than We Did.