Images in Clinical Medicine Selections from The New England Journal of Medicine

NEJM books sold exclusively through Marcel Dekker, Inc. This unique collection displays hundreds of visual images that appeared in the highly rewarding Images in Clinical Medicine section of the The New England Journal of Medicine between 1992-1997. It shows a wide variety of images-including photographs, MRIs, CT scans, electrocardiograms, histologic specimens, coronary arterograms, graphs of fever curves, cell images, and more.Serves as a powerful teaching tool for both common conditions and types of images as well as those rarely seen by the practicing clinician or researcher!Presents more than 200 images covering a multitude of disciplines and conditions such as:allergy/rheumatology/collective tissue diseases - psoriasis, gout, sarcoidosiscardiology - acute myocardial infarction, septal defects, pulsus alternansdermatology - toxic epidermal necrolysis, malignant melanoma, heparin-induced skin necrosisendocrinology/metabolism/nutrition - necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, scurvy, cutaneous xanthomasgastroenterology - esophageal varices, gallstone ileus, diverticulitishematology/oncology - spur cells, sickle cells, superior vena cava syndromeinfectious diseases - the tick of lyme disease, Kawasaki's disease, Candida albicansnephrology - polycystic kidney disease, membranous nephropathy, nephrocalcinosisneurology - Alzheimer's disease, osmotic myelinolysis, carotid-artery dissection parasites and insects - Trichinella spiralis, hydatid disease, pinwormspulmonary diseases - histoplasmosis, paradoxica embolus, a ferruginous bodysurgery - breast reconstruction, abdominal aortic aneurysm, renovascular diseasewounds and injuries - lightning strike, boxer's ear, fractured femurEducational...surprising...enlightening...and rewarding, Images in Clinical Medicine evokes all these reactions from physicians who review this assortment of acute and chronic conditions and diseases, injuries, surgical procedures, and congenital problems displayed in this one-of-a-kind resource.