Interpretation of Emergency Head CT: A Practical Handbook

Erskine J. Holmes; Anna C. Forrest-Hay; Rakesh R. Misra

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511544804

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Erskine J. Holmes, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Anna C. Forrest-Hay, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Rakesh R. Misra, Wycombe Hospital, Buckinghamshire

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2009
Print publication year:: 2008
Online ISBN:: 9780511544804
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511544804

Subjects:: Medical Imaging, Emergency Medicine, Medicine

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Interpretation of Emergency Head CT is an invaluable quick reference to the key aspects of the head CT. It provides the clinician with an easy-to-use 'ABCs' system to analyse any head CT scan that may be encountered in the acute setting. Section 1 contains both a comprehensive section on radiological anatomy of the brain showing cranial anatomy overlaid onto CT images and technical details of CT imaging in a simplified form. Section 2 covers the wide gamut of conditions that are likely to be encountered in acute medical practice. Pitfalls are highlighted and tips are included to assist the recognition of important signs, along with ways to distinguish other pathologies with a similar appearance. This is an excellent practical resource for all clinicians who utilise CT scans of the head as part of their patient management.

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A Practical Handbook

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xi

Abbreviations
pp xii-xii

Introduction
pp xiii-xiv

Section 1
pp 1-2

Fundamentals of CT imaging
pp 3-9

Important anatomical considerations
pp 10-34

Section 2
pp 35-35

Reviewing a CT scan
pp 36-37

Acute stroke
pp 38-49

Subdural haematoma (SDH)
pp 50-53

Extradural haematoma
pp 54-57

Subarachnoid haemorrhage
pp 58-61

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
pp 62-63

Contusions
pp 64-67

Skull fractures
pp 68-70

Meningitis
pp 71-73

Raised intracranial pressure
pp 74-76

Hydrocephalus
pp 77-79

Abscesses
pp 80-82

Arteriovenous malformation
pp 83-85

Solitary lesions
pp 86-88

Multiple lesions
pp 89-91

Self-assessment section
pp 92-94

Self Assessment – Answers
pp 95-100

Appendices
pp 101-102

Differential diagnosis of intracerebral lesions
pp 103-104

CT guidelines for head trauma
pp 105-105

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