Although surgery of the skull base still represents a frontier involving different specialties, it is increasingly being accepted and recognized as a special area po sing both unique diagnostic and surgical challenges and specific requirements. This is the prime reason that colleagues involved in the management of skull base processes need special training stressing the different surgical approaches required either at different times or to reach the different areas of this intriguing anatomi cal landmark. Although the advent of microsurgical techniques and advanced diagnostic mo dalities - high-resolution computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MR-angiography, and supers elective endovascular protocols - in the last 25 years has brought significant improvements, such as the recent advances in endovascular treatment, a number of different kinds of limitations still persist. This is especially so in the case of skull base meningiomas, the pathological entity most frequently affecting this area which the neurosurgeon is confronted with in daily practice. Besides understanding the intrinsic characteristics of the different pathological entities which involve the skull base, it is the responsibility of physi cians to know and employ the expanded neurosurgical options in the most effecti ve and appropriate way.
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978-3-642-76617-6 (9783642766176)
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10.1007/978-3-642-76617-6
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1 General Concepts.- References.- 2 General Surgical Concepts.- References.- 3 Olfactory Groove Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 4 Suprasellar Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 5 Medial Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 6 Middle Third Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas.- General and Surgical Considerations.- Personal Series.- Illustrative Case.- Reference.- 7 Lateral Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 8 The Problem of Classifying Meningiomas of the Posterior Fossa Skull Base.- 9 Jugular Foramen Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 10 Meningiomas Involving the Lower Clivus and the Foramen Magnum (Craniospinal Meningiomas).- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 11 Upper and Middle Clivus Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- 12 Posterior Pyramid Meningiomas (Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas).- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Consideration.- Illustrative Cases.- References.- 13 Petroclival Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Cases.- References.- 14 Incisural Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 15 Trigeminal Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Cases.- References.- 16 Meningiomas Involving the Cavernous Sinus.- General and Surgical Considerations.- Illustrative Case.- References.- 17 Meningiomas in Miscellaneous Locations.- Personal Series.- Illustrative Case.- 18 Intraosseous Meningiomas.- General Considerations.- Personal Series.- Illustrative Cases.- References.- 19 Pathobiology and Neuropathology of Meningiomas.- Pathobiology.- Histogenesis.- Incidences.- Molecular Biology.- Endocrine Reactivity.- Neuropathology.- Typing.- Grading.- Staging.- Addendum in Proof.- References.
