Duke Radiology Case Review: Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, and Discussion

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Summary: For the Board Exams
Review: Having recently written the US and Canadian Boards for radiology, and having done umpteen CD roms and teaching files, I found this book to be one of the most organized and focussed in preparing for board discussions. It covers a wide spectrum of cases and gives pointed pertinent positives and negatives when reviewing the differential. Granted, it is not completely comprehensive (but then, there is no single book that is... oh, if only there were) It is not a book that I would start studying with, but, in the end, near the final few weeks, it is a good quick read (1-2 days)to test yourself and pick up some pointers (it is also much cheaper than the course itself!).

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Summary: good but expensive, old, easily replaced
Review: Your time for oral board prep should be focused on seeing as many high yield images as possible with the least amount of time and money invested. Though the discussions/cases are good in this book, there are are only 30 cases/10 chapters covered. The book costs about $100. You could buy two to three "case review series" books with the same investment. These books have 200 cases each. Personally i have not found a case book that describes cases as you should on boards- findings, differential diagnosis, most likely diagnosis and additional comments. Wiser choices are available

Rating:
Summary: good but expensive, old, easily replaced
Review: Your time for oral board prep should be focused on seeing as many high yield images as possible with the least amount of time and money invested. Though the discussions/cases are good in this book, there are are only 30 cases/10 chapters covered. The book costs about $100. You could buy two to three "case review series" books with the same investment. These books have 200 cases each. Personally i have not found a case book that describes cases as you should on boards- findings, differential diagnosis, most likely diagnosis and additional comments. Wiser choices are available