Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 6

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. General Introduction

      • M. A. Eric Hayat

      Pages 3-5

   3. Pediatric Mixed Glioneuronal Tumors in the Spinal Cord

      • Ravi Raghavan

      Pages 7-17

   4. Intradural Spinal Tumors: Classification, Symptoms, and Radiological Features

      • Kasim Abul-Kasim, Pia C. Sundgren

      Pages 19-28

   5. Non-Dysraphic Intradural Spinal Cord Lipoma: Management Guidelines

      • Syed M. R. Kabir, Adrian T. H. Casey

      Pages 29-34

   6. Malignant Astrocytomas of the Spinal Cord: Clinicopathologic Parameters

      • Mariarita Santi, Elisabeth J. Rushing

      Pages 35-41

   7. Spinal Epidural Angiolipoma

      • Sébastien Lepreux

      Pages 43-47

3. Diagnosis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49

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   2. Spinal Cord Tumor Oligodendroglioma: Diagnosis

      • Addisalem T. Makuria, Elisabeth J. Rushing, Metin Ozdemirli

      Pages 51-59

   3. Primary Spinal Oligodendroglioma: Diagnosis, Outcome, and Prognosis

      • Kostas N. Fountas, Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki

      Pages 61-70

   4. Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma of the Spinal Cord with Cerebrospinal Fluid and Peritoneal Metastasis

      • Sahayini Arulrajah, Thierry A. G. M. Huisman

      Pages 71-75

   5. Intraspinal Oncocytic Adrenocortical Adenoma: Diagnosis

      • Jens Schittenhelm

      Pages 77-79

   6. Chordomas of the Clivus and Upper Cervical Spine

      • David Choi

      Pages 81-87

4. Imaging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Spinal Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor: Use of Diffusion – Weighted Imaging for Diagnosis

      • Tetsu Niwa, Noriko Aida, Thomas C. Kwee, Taro Takahara

      Pages 91-95

   3. Gangliogliomas of the Spinal Cord: Neuroimaging Correlations with Pathology, Controversies in Pathological Diagnosis, and Prognosis

      • Douglas C. Miller

      Pages 97-103

5. Therapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Surgery for Spinal Tumours

      • Matthew Crocker, Marios C. Papadopoulos

      Pages 107-118

   3. Resection of Spinal Meningioma: Postoperative Focal Hyperemia

      • Kosei Ijiri, Kazutoshi Hida, Takuya Yamamoto, Setsuro Komiya, Yoshinobu Iwasaki

      Pages 119-125

This volume contains information on the diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis of spinal tumors. Various aspects of different major types of spinal tumors (astrocytomas, ependymomas, and oligodendroglioma) are discussed. Insights into the understanding of molecular pathways involved in tumor biology are explained. Classification of intradural spinal tumors, including the percentages of each of the three major types, is detailed. Symptoms, radiological features, and clinicopathological parameters of spinal cord tumors are explained. Diagnosis, outcome, and prognosis of primary spinal cord and oligodendroglioma are discussed. Diagnosis of some other spinal tumors (e.g., pilomyxoid and chordomas) is also explained. The useful role of neuroimaging in diagnosing spinal teratoid/rhabdoid and gangliogliomas is included. A wide variety of treatments of a number of spinal cord tumor types are presented in detail. Therapies discussed include chemotherapy, surgery, radiosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, Cyberknife stereotactic radiotherapy, standard radiation alone, and rhenium-186 intracavity radiation. Also are duiscussed embolozation and spondylectomy. The usefulness of transplantation of human embryonic stem cells-derived oligodendrocyte progenitors and motoneuron progenitors in the repair of injured spinal cord is emphasized. Symptoms of the advent of spinal tumors are pointed out. Introduction to new technologies and their applications to spinal cord tumor diagnosis, treatment, and therapy assessment are explained.

• Recovery from spinal cancer
• Spinal injury
• Spinal tumors
• Transplantation of stem cells
• Treatment of Spinal tumors
• Diagnostic Radiology

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