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Fig. 4.1 Tentorial and suboccipital surface view of cerebellum The cerebellum has fissures that divide the organ into series of layers or leaves. The largest and deepest fissure is the…

Fig. 7.1 A case of posterior fossa ependymoma where the initial tumor volume (red) and postoperative gross tumor (light blue shaded) have been delineated on axial MR imaging and presented…

Fig. 2.1 Dorsal view of a chick embryo (8 somite stage) showing the neural tube (NT) that occupies the medial region and the paraxial mesoderm with the cephalic mesoderm (CM)…

Fig. 54.1 Cutaneous lesions of Cowden syndrome Nowadays, there is tendency to include LDD and Cowden syndrome in PTEN hamartomatous tumor syndromes (PHTS): a collection of syndromes characterized by germline…

Fig. 51.1 Axial and sagittal post-gadolinium T1-weighted images show a typical aspect of ganglioglioma in the left cerebellar hemisphere with a mass effect. The enhanced-T1 image demonstrates patchy enhancement Fig….

Fig. 10.1 Schematic presentation of (right) the extradural (ED) subtemporal and retrosigmoid approaches with the internal carotid artery (star) and internal auditory canal and cochlea (circle) and of (left) the…

Fig. 33.1 Illustration representing the different types of pontine tumors. Diffuse pontine gliomas (A) are invasive tumors that involve the pontine parenchyma and are the most common type. Focal intrinsic…

Fig. 40.1 Intraoperative view (prone position) of an AT/RT of the left cerebellar hemisphere. The huge tumor inflates the left cerebellar hemisphere (the normal architecture of its folia disappeared) and…

Neurological syndromes Prolonged coma Posterior fossa syndrome/cerebellar mutism Dysphagia including lower cranial nerve palsy Dysarthria Apnea and other neuro-respiratory disturbances Vomiting Ataxia Limb weakness Diplopia and other visual disturbances Hearing…

Fig. 50.1 MRI surveillance scans of a boy with Wishart type of NF2. After hearing-preserving partial resection of the VS on the left side at age 13, the tumor on…