MRI Evaluation of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 14 MRI Evaluation of Meningiomas Canan Erzen, Alp Dinçer INTRODUCTION Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the state of art in the preoperative diagnosis of meningiomas. The diagnostic accuracy of…
Recurrence of Meningiomas and Its Management
CHAPTER 58 Recurrence of Meningiomas and Its Management Tiit Mathiesen INTRODUCTION For benign meningiomas, clinically relevant recurrences are common during the patients’ lifetimes. Seemingly complete removal is achieved in 64%…
Meningeal Anatomy
CHAPTER 2 Meningeal Anatomy Askin Seker, Carolina Martins, Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. THE MENINGEAL COVERINGS The brain and spinal cord are covered by layers of connective tissue called meninges, from…
Angiographic Evaluation of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 16 Angiographic Evaluation of Meningiomas Feyyaz Baltacıoğlu, Canan Erzen INTRODUCTION For many decades, conventional cerebral angiography has been the major diagnostic modality to depict, diagnose, and investigate the specific…
Neuropathology of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 6 Neuropathology of Meningiomas Aydin Sav, Bernd W. Scheithauer DEFINITION Cushing first coined the term “meningioma” to denote a primary tumor originating from cellular constituents of the meninges, thereby…
Petroclival Meningiomas: Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Approach
CHAPTER 39 Petroclival Meningiomas Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Approach Madjid Samii, Venelin M. Gerganov INTRODUCTION Petroclival meningiomas are defined as arising at the petroclival junction from the upper two thirds of the…
Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
CHAPTER 32 Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas Matthias Simon, Johannes Schramm INTRODUCTION Meningiomas arising in the sphenoid region are frequently encountered in neurosurgical practice. They account for 11% to 18% of cases…
Radiation-Induced Meningiomas
CHAPTER 5 Radiation-Induced Meningiomas Felix Umansky, Siegal Sadetzki, Sergey Spektor, Guy Rosenthal, Shifra Fraifeld, Yigal Shoshan HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE One evening in November 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was surprised to notice…
Petroclival Meningiomas: Middle Fossa Anterior Transpetrosal Approach
CHAPTER 38 Petroclival Meningiomas Middle Fossa Anterior Transpetrosal Approach Takeshi Kawase INTRODUCTION Surgical removal of the pyramidal bone through the middle fossa has been used mainly for cerebellopontine angle tumors…
Intraventricular Meningiomas
CHAPTER 45 Intraventricular Meningiomas Atul Goel, Ketan I. Desai, Amaresh S. Bhaganagare INTRODUCTION Intraventricular meningiomas are relatively rare and represent 1% to 2% of all meningiomas. The first recorded case…
