Main description:

Meningiomas, Volume 170, Part Two, discusses tumors that arise from the coverings of the brain and spinal cord. In this updated volume of the Handbook of Clinical Neurology, experts in the field - from basic scientists to skilled neurosurgeons, provide up-to-date synopses of each topic as it relates directly to this class of tumor. Surgical and radiation therapy, which remain the mainstays of treatment, are a major focus, but coverage also includes potential molecular avenues for the development of effective medical treatments. This book serves as a comprehensive review of the neurosurgical issues surrounding this extremely common brain tumor.

Few procedures in surgery are more immediately formidable than an attack upon a large tumor of this type, hence the greatest challenge of treatment is the need to complete tumor removal without creating new neurologic deficit.

Contents:

SECTION I. Operative Approaches 1. Olfactory groove and planum meningiomas 2. Tuberculum sellae meningiomas 3. Clinoidal meningiomas 4. Sphenoid wing meningiomas 5. Hyperostosing sphenoid wing meningiomas 6. Middle fossa meningiomas 7. Cavernous sinus meningioma 8. Convexity meningioma resection in the modern neurosurgical era 9. Parasagittal meningiomas 10. Falcine meningiomas 11. Falcotentorial meningiomas 12. Role of the neurotologist in posterior fossa meningioma surgery 13. Petroclival meningiomas and the petrosal approach 14. Anatomy of petrous face 15. Petrous face meningiomas 16. Foramen magnum meningiomas 17. Intraventricular meningiomas

SECTION II. Special Considerations 18. Seizures in meningioma 19. Image-guided surgery for meningioma 20. Carotid artery occlusion and revascularization in the management of meningioma 21. Endoscopic technology and repair techniques 22. Nasal septal flap repair of the skull base 23. Atypical meningiomas 24. Malignant meningiomas 25. Spinal meningiomas

SECTION III. Adjuvant Treatments 26. External beam radiation therapy for meningioma 27. Radiation therapy of meningioma 28. Medical management of meningiomas 29. Brachytherapy for meningiomas

SECTION IV. Quality of Life Issues 30. Quality of life outcomes in meningioma surgery 31. Rehabilitation from meningioma 32. End of life care for patients with meningioma