Comprehensive overview of modern surgical approaches to intrinsic brain tumors. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kaisorn Chaichana, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa.
• Editors: Chaichana, Kaisorn; Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo
• Contents: Front Cover; COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF MODERN SURGICAL APPROACHES TO INTRINSIC BRAIN TUMORS; COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF MODERN SURGICAL APPROACHES TO INTRINSIC BRAIN TUMORS; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; I -- ANATOMY; 1 -- Gyral and Sulcal Microsurgical Anatomy; INTRODUCTION; THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES; THE CEREBRAL LOBES; FRONTAL LOBE; CENTRAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; INSULAR LOBE; LIMBIC LOBE; DISCUSSION; References; 2 -- Supratentorial White Matter Tracts; INTRODUCTION; WHITE MATTER TRACT TYPES; MAJOR PROJECTION FIBERS Corticospinal Tract (Pyramidal Tract)MAJOR COMMISSURAL FIBERS; Corpus Callosum; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; MAJOR ASSOCIATION FIBERS; Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus; Arcuate Fasciculus; Inferior Frontal Occipital Fasciculus; Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus; Middle Longitudinal Fasciculus; Optic Radiations; FRONTAL ASLANT TRACT; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; DISCUSSION; References; 3 -- Neurovascular Anatomy in Relation to Intracranial Neoplasms; INTRODUCTION; VASCULAR ANATOMY; Embryology; Aortic Arch; Common Carotid Artery; Internal Carotid Artery; External Carotid Artery; Vertebral Artery Intracranial CirculationAnterior Circulation; Posterior Circulation; Circle of Willis; Venous System; NEUROVASCULAR ANOMALIES AND MALFORMATIONS; TUMOR VASCULARITY; Intraaxial Tumors; Malignant Astrocytomas; Hemangioblastoma; Illustrative Case; Extraaxial Tumors; Meningioma; Illustrative Case; Tumor Embolization; CONCLUSION; References; 4 -- Brain Stem Anatomy and Surgical Approaches; INTRODUCTION; EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN STEM; The Midbrain; The Pons; Medulla; WHITE MATTER FIBER ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN STEM; White Matter Fiber Tracts of the Mesencephalon; Pontine White Fiber Tracts Medullary White Fiber TractsTHE FLOOR OF THE FOURTH VENTRICLE; Bulbo-Medullary Portion; PATHWAYS TO APPROACH THE BRAIN STEM; Anterior Approaches; Posterior Approaches; CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; References; 5 -- Ventricular Anatomy; LATERAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; THALAMUS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FORNIX; CHOROIDAL FISSURE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; AMYGDALA; INTERNAL CAPSULE; Lateral Ventricles (Fig. 5.1-5.5); Third Ventricle (Fig. 5.2 and 5.6); Fourth Ventricle (Fig. 5.7-5.8); DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; References; II -- PATHOLOGY AND ANIMAL MODELS 6 -- Pathology of Primary Brain Tumors-GliomasINTRODUCTION; WHO I Gliomas; Diffuse Low-Grade Gliomas (WHO II/III); IDH1/2 Mutations; Alpha Thalassemia/Mental Retardation Syndrome X-Linked; 1p19q; IDH Mutant Diffuse and Anaplastic Astrocytoma; IDH Mutant Diffuse and Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma; IDH Wild-type Astrocytoma; Reconciliation of Mixed Glioma Classification-Glass Versus Molecular; Glioblastoma (WHO IV); IDH Mutant Glioblastoma; IDH Wild-type Glioblastoma; Conclusions; ABBREVIATIONS; References; 7 -- Pathology of Intraventricular Tumors; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY/CLINICAL PRESENTATION
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.481; Brain -- Surgery; Brain -- Tumors; MEDICAL / Surgery / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128117842; 0128117842
• Related ISBNs: 9780128117835
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 5, 2019).
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