Overview
- Explains the metabolic and cognitive consequences of craniopharyngiomas and their treatment
- Describes the current use of surgery, radiotherapy, and radiosurgery
- Explains the role of diagnostic imaging techniques
- Enriched by clinical cases
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This book provides up-to-date coverage of the most relevant topics in the diagnosis and management of craniopharyngiomas. After introductory discussion of natural history and clinical presentation, individual chapters are devoted to pathological and molecular aspects, use of diagnostic imaging techniques, the surgical approach to craniopharyngiomas, radiotherapy and radiosurgery, and associated endocrine disturbances. A particular feature of the book is the detailed attention devoted to the metabolic consequences of the disease and related treatments, including obesity and electrolyte disturbances, and to cognitive alterations. This book will be of value to oncologists, neurosurgeons, and endocrinologists by assisting in diagnostic workup, delivery of appropriate treatment, and management of the serious metabolic and endocrine consequences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diagnosis and Management of Craniopharyngiomas
Book Subtitle: Key Current Topics
Editors: Andrea Lania, Anna Spada, Giovanni Lasio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22297-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22296-7Published: 18 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79389-4Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22297-4Published: 06 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 153
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Oncology, Neurosurgery