In modern clinical practice, across a range of specialties, radiology plays a
central role in diagnosis, management and even treatment of a patient's
condition. The increasing importance of radiology in clinical medicine has led
to the inclusion of the subject in medical school curricula worldwide. Most
radiology teaching for medical students is conducted around films of real
patients on the ward or in tutorial groups within the radiology department
itself and, by reflecting this method of learning, the approach of this book
will be familiar to students studying radiology at undergraduate level. The book
adopts a systemic approach to cover the commonest clinical problems that are
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