Meningiomas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Joung H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Emergency medicine.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-784-8

Meningiomas contains the most up-to-date information currently available on this increasingly common type of brain tumour, with contributions from internationally recognized experts in their respective fields working towards the uniform vision of one world-renowned editor. As the reported incidences...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents I General Information
• II Diagnostic Considerations: CT, MRI, Angio
• Nuclear med, MRS, PET
• Lesions mimicking meningiomas
• Interventional radiology
• Neuro-ophthalmological evaluations
• III Basic Science: Meningioma tumorigenesis
• Meningothelial meningiomas
• Meningiomas of the central neuraxis
• NF-2 and Ras Pathways
• Gene Therapy
• IV Management: Surgery: General principles
• Endoscopy
• Image guided/CAS
• Seizures
• V Adjunct Treatment Modalities: Therapeutic radiation
• Conventional RT
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
• Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery
• Brachytheraphy
• Medical therapy
• VI Surgical Outcome in Meningioma Surgery: Co-morbidity and age
• The tumor location, size and preoperative neurological symptoms
• VII Patient Selection for Surgery: The Class Algorithm
• VIII Meningiomas By Location
• IX Miscellaneous: Meningioma surgery: Personal philosophy
• Young patients with small meningiomas
• Dural and Cranial reconstruction.