Meningeal Anatomy
CHAPTER 2 Meningeal Anatomy Askin Seker, Carolina Martins, Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. THE MENINGEAL COVERINGS The brain and spinal cord are covered by layers of connective tissue called meninges, from…
Angiographic Evaluation of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 16 Angiographic Evaluation of Meningiomas Feyyaz Baltacıoğlu, Canan Erzen INTRODUCTION For many decades, conventional cerebral angiography has been the major diagnostic modality to depict, diagnose, and investigate the specific…
Neuropathology of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 6 Neuropathology of Meningiomas Aydin Sav, Bernd W. Scheithauer DEFINITION Cushing first coined the term “meningioma” to denote a primary tumor originating from cellular constituents of the meninges, thereby…
Petroclival Meningiomas: Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Approach
CHAPTER 39 Petroclival Meningiomas Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Approach Madjid Samii, Venelin M. Gerganov INTRODUCTION Petroclival meningiomas are defined as arising at the petroclival junction from the upper two thirds of the…
Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
CHAPTER 32 Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas Matthias Simon, Johannes Schramm INTRODUCTION Meningiomas arising in the sphenoid region are frequently encountered in neurosurgical practice. They account for 11% to 18% of cases…
Radiation-Induced Meningiomas
CHAPTER 5 Radiation-Induced Meningiomas Felix Umansky, Siegal Sadetzki, Sergey Spektor, Guy Rosenthal, Shifra Fraifeld, Yigal Shoshan HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE One evening in November 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was surprised to notice…
Petroclival Meningiomas: Middle Fossa Anterior Transpetrosal Approach
CHAPTER 38 Petroclival Meningiomas Middle Fossa Anterior Transpetrosal Approach Takeshi Kawase INTRODUCTION Surgical removal of the pyramidal bone through the middle fossa has been used mainly for cerebellopontine angle tumors…
Intraventricular Meningiomas
CHAPTER 45 Intraventricular Meningiomas Atul Goel, Ketan I. Desai, Amaresh S. Bhaganagare INTRODUCTION Intraventricular meningiomas are relatively rare and represent 1% to 2% of all meningiomas. The first recorded case…
Multiple Meningiomas
CHAPTER 49 Multiple Meningiomas Nejat Akalan, Tunçalp Özgen INTRODUCTION Multiple meningiomas are defined as two or more meningiomas detected simultaneously at different intracranial locations in the same patient. While the…
Middle Fossa Meningiomas
CHAPTER 35 Middle Fossa Meningiomas Katsumi Sakata, Isao Yamamoto INTRODUCTION The middle fossa is a common localization for intracranial meningiomas. The floor of the middle cranial fossa is formed by…
