Computed Tomography in Intracranial Tumors

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 1-1

3. Classification of Intracranial Tumors

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 2-13

4. Technique of CT Examination

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 14-17

5. Computed Tomography in Brain Tumors

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 18-377

6. Computed Tomography in Processes at the Base of the Skull and in the Skull Vault

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 378-404

7. Computed Tomography in Nonneoplastic Space-Occupying Intracranial Lesions

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 405-462

8. Computed Tomography in Orbital Lesions

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 463-502

9. Effect of Computed Tomography on Diagnosis of Neurological Disease

   • Gianni B. Bradač, Udalrich Büll, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Thomas Grumme, Ekkehard Kazner, Konrad Kretzschmar et al.

   Pages 503-504

10. Back Matter

    Pages 505-550

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The current book represents a distillation of the experience gained in diagnosis of intracranial tumors with computed X-ray tomography at the University Hos­ pitals of Berlin, Mainz, and Miinchen. To what purpose? Standard radiological techniques such as pneumoencephalography with lumbar puncture and cerebral arteriography with puncture of the common carotid artery are invasive proce­ dures which entail a certain amount of risk as well as discomfort for the patient. Furthermore, diagnoses made with these procedures rely primarily on indirect signs of an intracranial space-occupying lesion - such as displacement of the air-filled ventricles or of normal cerebral vessels. Only a few types of tumor are demonstrated directly with these techniques. In contrast, computed tomography demonstrates the pathology directly in almost all cases, and this with a minimum of risk and discomfort. In addition, normal intracranial structures are demonstrated, so that the tumor's effect on its surroundings can be evaluated. Today, almost a decade after HOUNSFIELD'S revolutionary invention, diagno­ sis of brain tumors without computed tomography is almost unthinkable, if not in fact irresponsible.

• Hirngeschwulst
• Kernspin-Tomographie
• Neurochirugie
• Neuroradiologie
• Schichtaufnahmeverfahren
• Tumors
• X-ray
• brain
• brain tumor
• computed tomography (CT)
• diagnosis
• neuroradiology
• tomography
• tumor

"The book is strongly recommended for departmental reference and to those training in the neurosciences." B.E.Kendall in "Brain" "This book impresses one by its excellent systematic and logical presentation of the subject. Each entity is introduced by data about its gross morphology and biology, clinical appearance followed by the broad and well documented presentation of the computed tomograms, if necessary also in reconstruction or magnification. The text is admirably homogeneous ...It seems to be the best existing book on cranial CT of toumors in correlation with the clinical aspects." Neuro Surgical Review clinical aspects ". Neuro Surgical Review

• Leiter der Abteilung für Neurochirurgie im Klinikum Charlottenburg, Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin 19, Germany

  Ekkehard Kazner, Ekkehard Kazner

• Vorstand der Abteilung für Neuroradiologie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

  Sigurd Wende, Sigurd Wende

• Oberarzt der Neurochirurgischen Abteilung im Klinikum Charlottenburg, Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin 19, Germany

  Thomas Grumme, Thomas Grumme

• Oberarzt an der Neurochirurgischen Klinik im Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München 70, Germany

  Wolfgang Lanksch, Wolfgang Lanksch

• Vorstand des Instituts für Neuropathologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München 2, Germany

  Otto Stochdorph, Otto Stochdorph

• Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik — Neuroradiologie im Klinikum Steglitz, Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin 45, Germany

  Gianni B. Bradač

• Leiter der Nuklearmedizinischen Abteilung der Radiologischen Klinik im Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München 70, Germany

  Udalrich Büll

• Neurochirurgische Klinik im Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München 70, Germany

  Rudolf Fahlbusch

• Oberarzt der Abteilung für Neuroradiologie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

  Konrad Kretzschmar

• Neurochirurgische Abteilung im Klinikum Charlottenburg, Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin 19, Germany

  Wolfang Meese

• Oberarzt der Neurochirurgischen Abteilung im Klinikum Steglitz, Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin 45, Germany

  Johannes Schramm

• Oberarzt der Radiologischen Klinik im Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München 70, Germany

  Harald Steinhoff

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