Orbital tumors : diagnosis and treatment /: diagnosis and treatment. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zeynel A. Karcioglu.
• Editors: Karcioğlu, Zeynel A
• Contents: Preface for the First Edition; Preface for the Second Edition; Acknowledgments for the First Edition; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Contents; Contributors; 1: Molecular Models of Cancer Development; Historical Overview; Causes of Cancer; Epigenetics: The Link Between Cancer and the Environment; The Metabolic Way to Cancer; New Prospectives in Cancer: The Retinoblastoma Paradigm; References; 2: Immune Surveillance and Cancer Pathogenesis; Immunological Response to Cancer; Aging and Oncogenesis; Viruses and Oncogenesis; Ionizing Radiation, Chemicals, and Cancer. Relevance of Immunological Response to Orbital TumorsReferences; 3: The Changing Nature and Behavior of Orbital Tumors; Changes in the Incidence of Orbital Diseases Over Time; Immunosuppression and Cancer; Immunosuppression and Infection; Invasive Aspergillosis; Mucormycosis; Other Infections in AIDS Patients; Non-infectious Orbital Inflammation in AIDS; Other Virus-Associated Neoplasms of the Orbit and Ocular Adnexa; Epstein-Barr virus; Human Papilloma Virus; Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-1; Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma and Microbial Infection; Conclusion; References. 4: Mechanisms of Tumor Metastasis in the OrbitDissemination and Metastases; Basic Mechanisms of Metastasis; Dissemination; Intravasation and Circulation; Metastatic Colonization; Metastatic Niche; Organ Tropism; Orbital Metastasis; Local Orbital Environment; Orbital Vascular Bed; Orbital Tissue Homing; Metastatic Disease in the Orbit; Temporal Relationship Between Metastasis and Time of Diagnosis of Primary Tumor; Conclusions; References; 5: Second Primary Tumors in Retinoblastoma; Introduction; Molecular Genetics of Retinoblastoma; Clinical Genetics; Second Primary Tumors. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Formerly Wegener's Granulomatosis Polyarteritis Nodosa; Giant Cell Arteritis; Orbital Extension of Intracranial Disease; Optic Pathway Glioma; Adult Malignant Glioma; Meningiomas; Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas; Conclusions; References; 8: Ultrasonography in Orbital Differential Diagnosis; Echographic Characteristics of the Orbit; Echographic and Tissue Correlation; Echographic Assessment of Orbital Disorders; Orbital Lesions; Primary Orbital Lesions; Cystic Lesions; Vascular Lesions [7, 8]; Peripheral Nerve Lesions; Pseudotumor; Rhabdomyosarcoma.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 516 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/484; Medicine; Eye-sockets -- Tumors; Orbital Neoplasms -- diagnosis; Orbital Neoplasms -- therapy; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Eye-sockets -- Tumors; Augenhöhle; Tumor; Medical -- Pathology; Medical -- Oncology; Pathology; Oncology; Ophthalmology; Pathology; Oncology ; Medical -- Ophthalmology; Ophthalmology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493915101; 1493915096; 9781493915095
• Related ISBNs: 149391510X; 9781493915095
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed October 30, 2014).
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