Imaging of tropical diseases volume1

Volume 1 of 'The Imaging of Tropical Diseases' focuses on the major multisystem diseases encountered in the tropics, including amebiasis, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, and AIDS. The diagnostic features of each disease and the patterns of response to treatment are copiously illustrated.

The Imaging of Tropical Diseases provides a comprehensive, and profusely illustrated description of the common and uncommon images which will be found in a wide range of tropical diseases, correlated with the clinical and laboratory findings, and the epidemiology and pathology. Volume 1 includes Amebiasis, Schistosomiasis, Hydatid Disease, Chagas' Disease, Tuberculosis, the Mycoses, Taeniasis (Tapeworms) and Cystircercosis, and also AIDS as seen in the tropics. Each chapter is an in-depth study with many images at all stages of the infections. This is a unique book which will be of immense value, not only to all those in the practice of tropical medicine, but also to help recognition and understanding of the unusual illnesses which may be seen in travellers and immigrants..