This text is an excellent and compact, yet comprehensive, introduction to the use of ultrasound, providing detailed assessment of the urogenital system. Central to this book is ultrasound imaging as it contributes to the overall management of renal-based problems. Support is provided by medical, surgical, and oncological information. Adjunct imaging methods are discussed where it is important to appreciate the role of other modalities. An interventional section is included for those cases where ultrasound is used in guiding interventional procedures. This book is intended to be used and read by practicing radiologists, sonographers, and physicians working in urology and renal medicine, who have an interest in fully exploiting the diagnostic power of ultrasound imaging.
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1.1 Introduction Medical Overview 1.2 The Normal Kidney 1.3 Parenchymal diseases 1.4 Chronic Renal Failure 1.5 Transplantation 1.6 Radiological Intervention in the GU tract (including Trauma & Emergencies) 2 Urology 2.1 The Genito-urinary Tract Surgical Overview 2.2 Focal Lesions of the Kidney 2.3 Diseases of Collecting System and Ureters 2.4 Diseases of the Bladder and Prostate 2.5 Diseases of the Testis and Epididymis 2.6 Diseases of the penis with functional evaluation 2.7 Oncological Management of Genito-urinary tract tumours 3 The Genito-Urinary Tract in the Child 4 Other Imaging Modalities in the Genito-Urinary Tract 5 New Developments: US Contrast agents 5.1 Native Kidney 5.2 Transplant Kidney THE KIDNEY Anatomy: normal and ultrasonic (cortex, medulla, humps, column of Bertin, etc.); technique; renal size and thickness; vascular and Doppler findings; variants, e.g., congenital (ectopic, absent, duplex, pelvic, horseshoe, etc.) PARENCHYMAL DISEASE General ultrasound features Medical diseases and features, including vascular occlusions, ATN, GN, nephritides, infection, XGP, general conditions affecting kidney, end stage renovascular disease FOCAL DISEASE Cysts (simple, complex, diffuse); VHL Benign - AML etc Malignant - primary, secondary, lymphoma, metastasis Trauma and infection COLLECTING SYSTEM Obstruction, duplex systems, tumors, calculi, and ureters etc. RENAL FAILURE Vascular access, complications of therapy, role of ultrasound pre-treatment and complications. TRANSPLANTATION Background, imaging of acute and chronic complications following transplantation. CONTRAST AGENTS IN THE KIDNEY Background info on contrast agents, potential role with examples LOWER GU TRACT DISEASES OF THE BLADDER AND PROSTATE: Introduction, technique, anatomy. Carcinoma: diagnosis and staging, BPH, prostatitis, etc. Other uses of trans-rectal US, i.e., seminal vesical pathology, drainage, etc. TESTES AND PENIS Anatomy, technique, conditions TREATMENT OF TUMOURS OF THE GU TRACT Oncologist GU INTERVENTIONAL US PAEDIATRIC IMAGING General ante-post natal renal problems, cyst, medical, infection, tumors. OTHER IMAGING MODALITIES Cross-sectional, value in diagnostic process, etc
