25: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Foot and Ankle Pathology
25 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Foot and Ankle Pathology ADNAN SHEIKH, MARCOS LORETO SAMPAIO AND MARK E. SCHWEITZER The complex anatomy of the foot and ankle makes imaging of this…
19: Joint Disease
19 Joint Disease CRISTINA MARCHIS-CRISAN AND ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN Several arthritides have a predilection for the foot (Box 19-1). Without question, osteoarthritis is the most common, primarily because of the…
20: Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions
20 Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions LAWRENCE OSHER, ROCCO PETROZZI, AND ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN GENERAL CONSIDERATONS Primary bone tumor and tumorlike conditions rarely occur in the foot, with most reports ranging…
21: Metabolic Diseases, Nutritional Disorders, and Skeletal Dysplasias
21 Metabolic Diseases, Nutritional Disorders, and Skeletal Dysplasias ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN, JOHN TASSONE JR, AND CRISTINA MARCHIS-CRISAN Many systemic disorders demonstrate associated radiographic findings in the lower extremity. Although these…
17: Osteonecrosis and Osteochondrosis
17 Osteonecrosis and Osteochondrosis ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN, CRISTINA MARCHIS-CRISAN, AND RANDY E. COHEN Osteonecrosis and osteochondrosis are two radiographically similar disorders associated with multiple etiologies. Overlap between these disorders often…
2: Film—Screen Radiography
2 Film–Screen Radiography ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN, MARY OEHLER, CASIMIR F. STRUGIELSKI, AND DAVID E. WILLIAMSON THE IMAGE RECEPTOR For over 100 years, radiography has used some form of film/intensifying screen…
