Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial neoplasms in adults. Despite their prevalence, their biologic underpinnings remain incompletely described. The recent application of unbiased next-generation sequencing and epigenomic approaches has…
Endovascular embolization is a frequently used adjunct to operative resection of meningiomas. Embolization may decrease intraoperative blood loss, operative time, and surgical difficulty associated with resection. The specific clinical applications…
This article provides an overview of the neuroimaging literature focused on preoperative prediction of meningioma consistency. A validated, noninvasive neuroimaging method to predict tumor consistency can provide valuable information regarding…
Although typically not necessary for the diagnosis of intracranial meningiomas, advanced imaging techniques, including perfusion and diffusion imaging, spectroscopy, and nuclear medicine imaging, can help confirm the diagnosis of intracranial…
Gabriel Zada, MD, MS, Editor Related posts: Meningiomas Secretory Meningiomas Management of Spinal Meningiomas Primary Intraosseous Meningioma Management of Atypical and Anaplastic Meningiomas Medical Management of Meningiomas
NEUROSURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA www.neurosurgery.theclinics.com Consulting Editors RUSSELL LONSER DANIEL K. RESNICK April 2016 • Volume 27 • Number 2 Related posts: Meningiomas: An Update on Diagnostic and Therapeutic…
Atypical neuropathic facial pain is a syndrome of intractable and unremitting facial pain that is secondary to nociceptive signaling in the trigeminal system. These syndromes are often recalcitrant to pharmacotherapy…
Should patients undergo surgical intervention as soon as they receive a diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia (TN), or should they wait until pharmacologic treatment fails? This article describes some of the…
Persistent or chronic idiopathic facial pain, often called atypical facial pain, is often used as a diagnosis of exclusion. It is chronic pain in a nonanatomically distributed area of the…
Cancer-associated facial pain can be caused by a variety of pathologic conditions. Here the authors describe the symptoms and incidence of facial pain secondary to three separate anatomic subcategories of…
