Fundamentals
1.1 Microscopic Anatomy of the Nervous System 1.2 Elements of Neurophysiology 1.3 Elements of Neurogenetics Introduction Neurologic diseases can only be understood on the basis of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous…
The Neurologic Examination
3.1 Basic Principles of the Neurologic Examination 3.2 Stance and Gait 3.3 Head and Cranial Nerves 3.4 Upper Limbs 3.5 Trunk 3.6 Lower Limbs 3.7 Autonomic Nervous System 3.8 Neurologically Relevant Aspects of the General Physical Examination 3.9 neuropsychological…
The Clinical Interview in Neurology
2.1 General Principles of History-Taking 2.2 Special Aspects of History-Taking Is It in My Head? A 47-year-old elementary-school teacher consults a neurologist after being referred by her family physician. “Good morning. What…
Tumors of the Skull Base
Fig. 5.1 Drawings of different types and subtypes of ONSMs according to their location. For more description of each type, please refer to the text. Upper: Type I, purely intraorbital…
Vascular Lesions of the Skull Base
Fig. 6.1 Microsurgical repair of intracavernous and pericavernous aneurysms Table 6.1 Microsurgical repair of giant aneurysms (≥2 cm) (1981–2016), 35-year summary, 230 cases Location of the aneurysms No. of cases…
Trauma Traumatic Injuries of the Skull Base
Region Localisation Region I Anterior wall of the frontal sinus Region II a Lamina cribrosa Region II b Roof of the ethmoid bone Region III a Roof of the sphenoid…
Therapeutical Principles in the Treatment of Skull Base Pathologies
Fig. 3.1 Multimodal neuroradiological diagnostics in the case of a 56-year-old patient with left-sided progressive visual disorder due to compression of the left optic nerve by a complex ICA aneurysm….
Congenital Disorders of the Skull Base
Fig. 7.1 Chiari malformation type I in a T2-weighted sagittal MR image with inferior displacement of the cerebellar tonsil down to the level between the foramen magnum and atlas as…
Clinical Anatomy
Fig. 2.1 Foramina of the osseous skull base specifying the pervading neurovascular structures Fig. 2.2 Overview of the anterior-middle fossa junction and components: 1 planum sphenoidale, 2 limbus sphenoidale, 3…
Introduction into Skull Base Surgery
Fig. 1.1 MRI with contrast in the axial a, sagittal b, and coronal plane c shows a tumour mass with contrast enhancement in the right pterygopalatine fossa that was suspected…
