Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas
CHAPTER 33 Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas Uta Schick, Werner Hassler INTRODUCTION Optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSMs) represent 1% to 2% of all meningiomas, 1.7% of all orbital tumors, and…
Clinical Presentation of Meningiomas
CHAPTER 11 Clinical Presentation of Meningiomas Onder Us, Dilaver Kaya INTRODUCTION Meningiomas are tumors that are derived from the meningothelial cells that invest the arachnoid membrane. Therefore, meningiomas that occur…
Proton Radiation Therapy for Meningiomas
CHAPTER 54 Proton Radiation Therapy for Meningiomas Helen A. Shih, Jay S. Loeffler INTRODUCTION Radiation therapy provides a useful alternative to surgery in the management of many meningiomas. It also…
Cerebellar Convexity Meningiomas
CHAPTER 43 Cerebellar Convexity Meningiomas K. Takakura, Osami Kubo, Y. Ono, A. Teramoto INTRODUCTION Approximately 10% of all meningiomas arise in the posterior fossa. Six different subtypes of posterior fossa…
Gene Therapy for Meningiomas
CHAPTER 57 Gene Therapy for Meningiomas Koray Özduman, Guido Wollmann*, Joseph M. Piepmeier, INTRODUCTION Gene therapy and related biological therapies are promising new additions to the field of neuro-oncology, as…
Surgery of Convexity Meningiomas
CHAPTER 23 Surgery of Convexity Meningiomas Rudolf. Fahlbusch, Bernd M. Hofmann EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF CONVEXITY MENINGIOMAS Convexity meningiomas comprise 15% to 19% of all meningiomas.1,2 Generally, excision of these…
Management of Superior Sagittal Sinus Invasion in Parasagittal Meningiomas: Resection Versus Irradiation
CHAPTER 26 Management of Superior Sagittal Sinus Invasion in Parasagittal Meningiomas Resection Versus Irradiation Selçuk Peker, M. Necmettin Pamir INTRODUCTION Treatment of meningiomas that invade vital vascular structures is still…
LINAC-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Parasagittal, Skull-Base, and Convexity Meningiomas
CHAPTER 53 LINAC-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Parasagittal, Skull-Base, and Convexity Meningiomas Naren Raj Ramakrishna INTRODUCTION Gross total surgical resection (GTR) remains the mainstay of treatment for meningiomas.1…
Meningiomas: A Patient’s View
CHAPTER 61 Meningiomas A Patient’s View Liz L. Holzemer All things have second birth; The earthquake is not satisfied at once —William Wordsworth WHEN THE BIG ONE HITS When I…
Meningioma Metastasis
CHAPTER 60 Meningioma Metastasis Selçuk Peker INTRODUCTION Metastasis is a process by which cancer spreads from its primary site to a distant location in the body.1 In ancient Greek the…
