Book Review: Differential Diagnosis in Neuroimaging: Head and Neck

摘要

Copyright © 2017 by the Congress of Neurological SurgeonsThis 664-page book is authored by Dr. Steven P. Meyers, an experienced academic neuroradiologist at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Meyers provides an image-rich comprehensive review of head and neck pathology.The book is organized by anatomic location, with 7 chapters: “Skull and Temporal Bone,” “Orbit,” “Paranasal Sinuses and Nasal Cavity,” “Suprahyoid Neck,” “Infrahyoid Neck,” “Lesions That Can Involve Both Suprahyoid and Infrahyoid Neck,” and “Brachial Plexus.” Each chapter opens with a brief prose introduction of relevant anatomy. The text that follows utilizes an innovative tabular format—presenting all pathology discussion (the bulk of the book) in 3-column tables.Chapters 1 through 3 review the skull and face. The first chapter is the lengthiest in the book at 188 pages, taking on the skull base (including craniocervical junction) and temporal bone. The second chapter covers the orbits,...