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Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 6

Spinal Tumors (Part 1)

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. M.A. Hayat

    1. , Kean University, Room 213, Library building, Union, USA

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  • Rapid and reliable diagnosis of spinal injury and treatment
  • Assessment of spinal treatments
  • Treatment of spinal cancer
  • Recovery of patients
  • Color photographs to aid in diagnosis and treatment

Part of the book series: Tumors of the Central Nervous System (TCNS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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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

  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
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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.

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  • , Kean University, Room 213, Library building, Union, USA

    M.A. Hayat

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