Multiple Meningiomas
CHAPTER 49 Multiple Meningiomas Nejat Akalan, Tunçalp Özgen INTRODUCTION Multiple meningiomas are defined as two or more meningiomas detected simultaneously at different intracranial locations in the same patient. While the…
Middle Fossa Meningiomas
CHAPTER 35 Middle Fossa Meningiomas Katsumi Sakata, Isao Yamamoto INTRODUCTION The middle fossa is a common localization for intracranial meningiomas. The floor of the middle cranial fossa is formed by…
The Cerebral Venous System in Meningioma Surgery
CHAPTER 22 The Cerebral Venous System in Meningioma Surgery Jacques. Brotchi, Michael. Bruneau, Danielle. Baleriaux INTRODUCTION Venous sacrifice has always been a key problem in neurosurgery. For many years, surgery…
Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas
CHAPTER 34 Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas M. Necmettin Pamir INTRODUCTION Surgery for cavernous sinus (CS) tumors continues to be one of the most significant challenges in neurosurgery, despite major technical advancements,…
CT Evaluation of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 13 CT Evaluation of Meningiomas Canan Erzen INTRODUCTION Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) comprise the backbone of current meningioma imaging, and the diagnostic information provided by…
Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery for Convexity and Parasagittal Meningiomas
CHAPTER 51 Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery for Convexity and Parasagittal Meningiomas Toshinori Hasegawa, Jun Yoshida INTRODUCTION Meningiomas arise from arachnoidal cap cells, and more than 90% of them are benign.1,2 As…
Overview of Petroclival Meningiomas
CHAPTER 36 Overview of Petroclival Meningiomas Ossama Al-Mefty INTRODUCTION Clivus meningiomas in particular have until recently been uniformly lethal. The outlook for such patients must be improved by achieving an…
Spinal Meningiomas
CHAPTER 46 Spinal Meningiomas Serdar Özgen, Deniz Konya INTRODUCTION Meningiomas located below the C2 vertebral level are termed spinal meningiomas. Meningiomas are the second most common tumor in this location,…
Parasagittal and Falx Meningiomas
CHAPTER 24 Parasagittal and Falx Meningiomas Peter M. Black, Jacob. Zauberman INTRODUCTION Parasagittal meningiomas are interesting because of the technical challenges they present in resection and the changing concepts of…
Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas
CHAPTER 29 Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas M. Necmettin Pamir, Muhittin Belirgen INTRODUCTION Anterior clinoidal meningiomas arise from the meningeal covering of the anterior clinoid process. In the classical neurosurgical literature anterior…
