Lipoma: An Overview
Fig. 23.1 Sagital T1-weighted cranial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showing the hyperintense appearance of a small curvilinear lipoma of the interhemispheric fissure Fig. 23.2 (a) Axial T1-weighted cranial magnetic resonance…
Role of MMP2 in Brain Metastasis
Fig. 20.1 Increased expression of MMP2 protein in the metastatic brain foci. (a) Evaluation of protein expression by Western blotting. The membranes were stripped and re-probed with β-actin antibody to…
Brainstem Cavernomas, Accessible Lesions: Surgery
Fig. 17.1 The two-point method involves creating a point at the proposed limit of resection and one where the cavernous malformation abuts the pial surface; connecting the two points creates…
Intraoperative Ultrasound in Neurosurgical Oncology – Scope and Utility
Fig. 15.1 Screenshot of a right temporal high-grade glioma during combined sononavigation. The preoperative contrast enhanced MRI images are seen in the left panel (dual anyplane view). The central panel…
Metastatic Oligodendroglioma: Diagnosis with Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
Fig. 3.1 The FNA smear. Poorly cohesive cells condensed around thin vasculature. Fairly uniform cells with moderate anisonucleosis (inset) (×100 and ×1,000, DQ) Fig. 3.2 The FNA smear. Round nuclei…
Tumefactive Demyelination
Fig. 24.1 MRI of patient #1 (upper row T2-weighted, lower row gadolinium-enhanced T1 image): onset with a single right parieto-occipital lesion (a, d). Subsequent lesions at 23 months (b, e)…
Use of Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer Risk in Children?
Fig. 29.1 Overview about the electromagnetic spectrum In addition to mobile phones many other wireless communication devices emit RF-EMF, such as W-LANs (wireless local area networks), cordless phones or broadcast…
Factors Responsible for Local Recurrence of Brain Metastasis
Fig. 19.1 Graph showing proportions of patients without local recurrence stratified by tumor volume. The study group was divided into four equal quartiles of volume. Plot obtained from the multivariate…
Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (PNETs)
Fig. 8.1 MRI study of a 28-year old male with pineoblastoma. (a) Axial CT scan without contrast: The sharply demarcated tumor is hyperdense in CT images. Hydrocephalus is also evident….
Management of Hemangiopericytoma
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Takenori Akiyama Email: akiyamanor@gmail.com Introduction Pathological Findings Radiographical Features Clinical Course Presurgical Embolization Surgery Surgical Concept Radiation…
