Radiology of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases - Volume 3 : Heart and Chest / [E-Book]

Overview -- Pathogenesis and Correlation of Infection and Inflammation -- Pathology-Radiology Correlations -- Bacterial Infection -- Viral Infection -- Fungal Infection -- Parasitic Infection -- Mycoplasma Pneumonia -- Chlamydia Pneumonia -- Tsutsugamushi Pneumonia -- Lobar Pneumonia -- Lobular Pneumonia -- Interstitial Pneumonia -- Organized Pneumonia -- Lung Abscess -- Pulmonary Tuberculosis -- AIDS related Lung Infection -- Non AIDS related Lung Infection -- Connective Tissue Disease -- Vasculitis -- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis -- Aspiration Pneumonitis -- Drug-induced Pneumonia -- Radiation Pneumonia -- Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonis -- Sarcoidosis -- Langerhan Cell Histiocytosis -- Erdheim-Chester Disease -- CPFE Syndrome -- IgG4 related Lung Diseases -- Eosinophilic Lung Disease -- Mediastinal Disease -- Infective Endocarditis -- Viral Myocarditis -- Aorta Infection -- Postoperative Infection Complications after Heart and Vessel Surgery -- Rheumatic Carditis -- Immunity Myocarditis -- Pericarditis -- Vasculitis.

This user-friendly book provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic imaging in infectious and inflammatory diseases in heart and chest. It starts with a general review of infectious diseases, including pathogenesis and pathology-radiology correlations. In separate chapters, the authors then introduce clinical images of typical bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in a wide range of clinical conditions and circumstances. Each disease is clearly illustrated using cases combined with high-quality CT and MRI for readers to correctly identify causes of abnormalities. The book provides a valuable reference source for radiologists and doctors working in the area of infectious and inflammatory diseases.