John R. De Almeida and Dan M. Fliss Summary Skull base tumors are a heterogeneous group of tumors with variable anatomic extension, histopathology, and treatment approaches. Because of these tumors’…
Mariana E. Bradshaw Summary This chapter provides readers with information regarding the nature of neurocognitive impairment in adult patients who have skull base tumors and underscores the importance of neuropsychological…
Jaimie Payne, Denise A. Barringer, and Jan S. Lewin Summary Skull base tumors place patients at risk for the development of communication and swallowing deficits because of their proximity to…
Jack Phan, Steven J. Frank, and Paul D. Brown Summary This chapter covers radiotherapy principles and modern radiotherapy techniques for skull base tumors. (The clinical applications of radiotherapy in skull…
Jack Phan, Steven J. Frank, and Paul D. Brown Summary This chapter covers the clinical applications of radiotherapy in skull base tumors. We discuss the role of adjuvant radiotherapy after…
Sophie Tailibert and Marc C. Chamberlain Summary The treatment of benign tumors of the skull base relies mainly on a surgical approach whose purpose is to obtain a maximal safe…
Komal Shah and Lawrence E. Ginsberg Summary The goals of this chapter are to provide an overview of the imaging appearances of the more common skull base neoplasms, provide imaging…
Parth V. Shah, Gregory Capra, Cristine N. Klatt-Cromwell, Brian D. Thorp, Charles S. Ebert Jr., and Adam M. Zanation Summary This chapter describes the multitude of reconstructive options, both endoscopic…
Carolina Martins, Georgios A. Zenonos, Ezequiel Goldschmidt, Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, and Albert L. Rhoton Jr.† †Deceased Summary In this chapter, we focus on surgically relevant anatomy, specifically as it pertains…
Carl H. Snyderman and Paul A. Gardner Summary Endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES) of the skull base has become accepted for the treatment of most ventral skull base lesions. EES is…
