CHAPTER 245 Surgery for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Allen Maniker, Gaurav Gupta, Abhijit Guha Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are an uncommon variety of soft tissue sarcoma of…
CHAPTER 145 Juvenile Nasal Angiofibroma Paul Klimo, Jr., Daniel R. Boué, Corey Raffel Juvenile nasal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare sinonasal tumor that is found almost exclusively in adolescent and…
CHAPTER 151 Sarcoidosis, Tuberculosis, and Xanthogranuloma Sherwin E. Hua, Richard E. Clatterbuck, Barney J. Stern, Prakash Sampath, Laurence D. Rhines Sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, and xanthogranuloma can occur in the central nervous…
CHAPTER 317 Transient Quadriparesis and Athletic Injuries of the Cervical Spine Jay Jagannathan, Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey Athletic injuries to the cervical spine can cause significant morbidity and…
CHAPTER 189 Experimental Hydrocephalus James P. McAllister, II In the past 20 years our understanding of the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus has advanced significantly, yet critical gaps remain. A recent position…
CHAPTER 203 Brainstem Glioma Clemens M. Schirmer, Liliana C. Goumnerova History and Definition Brainstem gliomas (BSGs) are a histologically heterogeneous group of tumors that are primarily defined by their location….
CHAPTER 262 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Spinal Metastases Mark H. Bilsky, Yoshiya Yamada Metastatic spine disease represents a significant source of morbidity in the cancer population. Therapy is…
CHAPTER 263 Radiosurgery for Benign Spine Tumors and Vascular Malformations Peter C. Gerszten Stereotactic radiosurgery has become a widely accepted primary and adjuvant treatment of both malignant and benign primary…
CHAPTER 323 Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury Joost W. Schouten, Andrew I.R. Maas Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a critical public health and socioeconomic problem throughout the world.1–3 It is…
CHAPTER 98 Brain Tumor Stem Cells Hasan A. Zaidi, Francesco DiMeco, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa Brain tumor stem cells (BTSCs), a small subset of cells found within multiple types of central nervous…
