Roentgenology - the borderlands of the normal and early pathological in the skiagram (book)

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 27 Oct 2021

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Citation:

Bell D, Roentgenology - the borderlands of the normal and early pathological in the skiagram (book). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 01 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-64509

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-64509

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/64509

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64509

Article created:

26 Nov 2018, Daniel J Bell ◉

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Last revised:

27 Oct 2021, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

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3 times, by 1 contributor - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal, Trauma

Sections:

Anatomy

Synonyms:

Borderlands of Normal and Early Pathological Findings in Skeletal Radiography (book)

Roentgenology - The borderlands of the normal and early pathological in the skiagram, is a classic radiology text, which was first published in 1910, and has been in continual print ever since. The original writer was Alban Köhler, a pioneering German radiologist, and it was the first book to cover the very broad spectrum of radiological anatomical variants; or in other words the borderlands between the normal and abnormal radiographic findings. Skiagram is an archaic term for radiograph.

Editions

This tome has been published in its original German since 1910, and is currently in its 14^th edition. The English translation is itself on its 5^th edition (2002) ². In addition it has been published in French (three editions), Italian (three) and Spanish (two) iterations.

Unsurprisingly the title has been tweaked over its long history, and its current monicker, in English, is Borderlands of Normal and Early Pathological Findings in Skeletal Radiography.

History

Alban Köhler is now best remembered for his eponymous condition, Köhler disease. However his contribution to radiology is much greater than this. He was one of the first radiologists to recognize the importance - and sheer abundance - of anatomical variants. And the associated pitfalls of mistaking the normal for the diseased, and vice-versa.