Imaging of Gynecological Disorders in Infants and Children [Hardcover]

This textbook provides a comprehensive review of gynecological imaging in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Experts from the disciplines of pediatric radiology, gynecology, surgery, and endocrinology have come together to produce a textbook that, while written primarily from the perspective of the radiologist, will be of value to all professionals involved in the management of these patients. The normal development of the female reproductive tract is described in detail through embryological development, normal childhood appearances, and puberty. Congenital abnormalities are addressed in chapters reviewing structural abnormalities of the reproductive tract and disorders of sex development. A symptoms-based approach is followed in chapters devoted to the assessment of the patient with gynecological pain and disorders of menstruation. Disorders of the breast and the imaging of patients with gynecological neoplasia are considered in dedicated chapters.

This comprehensive review of gynecological imaging focuses on the development of the female reproductive tract from infancy to adolescence. Topics like congenital abnormalities and sex development disorders are discussed with a symptoms-based approach.

Diagnostic Techniques .- Embryology of the Female Reproductive Tract.- Structural Abnormalities of the Female Reproductive Tract.- Disorders of Sex Development.- Normal Puberty.- Delayed and Precocious Puberty.- Disorders of Menstruation.- Gynaecological Neoplasia.- Gynaecological Pain.- Disorders of the Breast .- Appendix: Normal Values.- Subject Index-.

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