KLEINMAN'S DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF CHILD ABUSE. 4TH EDITION

Foreword to the fourth edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
Introduction
• SECTION 1. SKELETAL TRAUMA
Skeletal trauma: presentation, indications for imaging and imaging strategies
The Skeleton: structure, composition, growth and development, and basis of skeletal injury
Skeletal trauma: general considerations
The ribs
The clavicle, sternum and scapula
The upper extremity: humerus, radius and ulna
The pelvis
The lower extremity: femur, tibia and fibula
The hands and feet
Dating fractures
• PART II. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS – MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Differential diagnosis I: diseases, dysplasias and syndromes
Differential diagnosis II: disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism
Differential diagnosis III: osteogenesis imperfecta and connective tissue disorders
Differential diagnosis IV: accidental trauma
Differential diagnosis V: obstetrical trauma
Differential diagnosis VI: normal variants and mimics
• SECTION 3. ABUSIVE HEAD AND SPINAL TRAUMA
Abusive head and spinal trauma: presentation, indications for imaging and imaging strategies
Abusive head trauma: clinical, biomechanical and imaging considerations
Abusive head trauma: scalp and cranium
Abusive head trauma: extra-axial hemorrhage and non-hemorrhagic collections
Abusive head trauma: parenchymal injury
Abusive head trauma: orbital and facial trauma
Craniocervical junction and spinal trauma
Abusive head and spinal trauma: differential diagnosis
• SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS IMAGING TOPICS
Visceral trauma
Miscellaneous forms of abuse and neglect
Post-mortem imaging
• SECTION 5. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF ABUSE IN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT
Psychosocial considerations
The radiologist's response to child abuse
Evaluating the literature of child abuse
Child abuse and the law I: general issues for the radiologist
Child abuse and the law II: the radiologist in court and fundamental legal questions and answers
• SECTION 6. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RADIATION DOSIMETRY
Radiologic image formation: physical principles, technology, quality control and radiation dose considerations
Index

This fourth edition of what is now Kleinman's Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse remains the premier source of comprehensive information on all aspects of medical imaging related to child abuse and its differential diagnosis. Chapters cover all aspects of imaging of the abused child – musculoskeletal, spine, visceral and abusive head trauma. Thoroughly updated and revised, there are new chapters on imaging of abusive orbital and facial trauma, post-mortem imaging and on the differential diagnosis of abusive head and spine trauma.
A section of the book addresses differential diagnoses for child abuse in the musculoskeletal system. The text is richly illustrated with over 1500 high-quality imaging examples by radiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear scintigraphy and ultrasound, supplemented with select correlative pathology images. With contributions from experts of multiple disciplines, this book is the sought-after source for reputable information on diagnostic imaging of the suspected victim of child abuse.

KEY FEATURES
• Comprehensive, up-to-date review of all facets of imaging related to child abuse and its differential diagnosis, providing all the information that the reader needs to know to facilitate the imaging diagnosis of child abuse and differentiate child abuse from other processes
• Extensively illustrated with over 1500 high-quality images with detailed labelling, improving the readers' ability to identify injuries suffered by the abused child and to properly identify other differential diagnostic processes