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Head & Neck Imaging: Case Review Series

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Useful for getting hold of those difficult to find tips and bits of info not so readily found in reference texts. This book has a friendly style, is quick to use, and as a case review book, gives you a good taste of the spectrum of ENT radiology. It also offers limited but useful references to supplement the short text given for each case.

I don't think the authors have any idea who their audience is. Their goal with this book is a mystery to me. This book misses hundreds of educational opportunities in several areas. Mainly, a description of the abnormalities, using anatomical terms, is to me a blatant omission. In head and neck radiology, anatomy is crucial and complex, and the vast majority of cases in this book DO NOT INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE FINDINGS. Moreover, the follow-up questions don't seem relevant to anyone, including radiology residents, neuroradiology fellows, or neuroradiology staff. This book seems like it was written by an academic ENT physician, who lost his research funding, hated patients, and decided to dabble in head and neck imaging. The authors of this edition are capable of better work, and I look forward to the next edition. Stay away from this one, though.

Nice collections of cases, great quality pics and good discussion about each disease. But it misses DDx and findings discussion (ok, dr. Yousem has it in a pdf file on his website, but this is not practical). I recommend the case review authors to give a look at Mayo Clinic GI Imaging and Dr. Chew's MSK Teaching Files which are better case books (ok, they're more expensive, but are also more useful).

This is not a good book for the oral boards. How many cases of sinonasal cancer, thyroid cancer, and hibernomas are on the boards? Maybe this is a good review for a neuroradiology fellow but its way too in depth for a radiology resident. And I did not think the pictures were that good or classic. The same goes for the spine case review. just stick with the brain case review which is excellent.