The book presents a comprehensive overview of the various disease processes affecting the chest and related abnormalities. It discusses biopsy and bronchography, as well as a variety of imaging techniques including radiography, fluoroscopy, tomography, and ultrasound.

Contents:
1. Reading of Chest Radiographs, Some Basic Anatomy and Physiology including, Pleural Fissures, Mediastinal Lines, The Bronchi and Para-Tracheal Lines, Hilar Anatomy, The Pulmonary Lobules, Acini and Lung Cortex, Distribution of Lung Disease in Relation to Anatomy and Physiology, Basic CT and Pathological Anatomy, Some Notes re Terminology 2. Lung Consolidation, Ground Glass Shadowing, Obstructive Emphysema, Collateral Air-drift, Mucoceles, Patterns of Collapse, Ling Torsion and Herniation 3. Tracheal and Bronchial Developmental Abnormalities, and Inflammatory Diseases including Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiolitis 4. Lung and Tracheo-Bronchial Tumours - main types (a) Historical Review and Some general Points, (b) Peripheral Tumours, Infection Complicating Tumours, (c) Central Bronchial Tumours, (d) Tracheal Tumours, Papillomas and Endobronchial Deposits 5. Less Common Lung and Bronchial Tumours; Bronchiolo-Alveolar Ca., Carcinoids, Hamartomas, reticuloses, Protein Disorders, Lung Deposits and Leukaemia 6. Cavitation, Thin-walled Cysts and Bullae, Their Association wih Tumours. Emphysema. Fat and Calcification. Spurious Tumours. Intravascular, Pulmonary Interstitial & Mediastinal gas, and Pneumoperitoneum 7. The Pulmonary and Bronchial Vessels, Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities including Embolism, Pulmonary and Bronchial Angiography, and A/V Malformations 8. Pulmonary Oedema, Lymphangitis Carcinomatosa and ARDS 9. Systemic Veins of the Thorax 10. The Aorta and Related Disorders (except trauma) 11. Chest Trauma, Iatrogenic Trauma Including Drainage Tubes and Some Post-surgical Conditions and Complications of Radiotherapy 12. The Neck, Thoracic Inlet and Outlet, the Axillae and Chest Wall, the Ribs, Sternum and Clavicles 13. The Thoracic Lymphatic System and Lymph Nodes, and the Spread of Tumours within the Lungs, the Tracheobronchial Tree and the Mediastinum 14. The Extra-Pleural Spaces, including Plombages, Pleural Tumours and the Effects of Asbestos 15. The Phrenic Nerves, Diaphragm and Pericardium 16. The Oesophogus 17. The Spread of Chest Tumours to the Abdomen, and Some Abdominal Tumours to the Chest - also a consideration of some relevant abdominal conditions in different diagnosis, particularly of the Liver, Spleen and Pancreas 18. The Mediastinum (including pre-and para-spinal lines, neural tumours, andpneumomediastinum) 19. Inflammatory, Hypersensitivity and Immune Lung Diseases, Including Parasitic Diseases 20. Techniques for Chest radiography, Fluoroscopy, Tomography (including CT and MR) and Ultrasound 21. Biopsy etc. Procedures and Bronchography 22. Skletal, Muscle, Brain, etc. Deposits and Some Isotope Procedures 23. Hormonal and Para-Neoplastic Syndromes - also Skin Lesions 24. Lung Cancer (a) Diagnosis and causes, Smoking Habits, etc. (b) Types of Lung Cancer, Clinical and Radiological Features of the Different Types. Cell Types in the Lungs (c) The Radiologists' Role in the Investigation of Lung Cancer, TNM Staging, and the Value of Radiobiological Surveys of Screening for the Detection of Lung Cancer. (d) Patient Management - Possible Treatment Regimes and their Effects, Possible Surgery