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It is a privilege and pleasure to write a foreword to this work. Who, twenty years ago, would have thought that a whole book could be devoted to the veins of the posterior fossa? Even today the standard text-books of anatomy only give a paragraph to the subject. Thanks to the dedicated work of rather a few neuroradiologists our knowledge has now reached a very sophisticated level. The careful correlation of anatomical dissection with the angiographic image has achieved this, but without the aid of subtraction (discovered by a world figure in neuroradiology - Professor ZIEDSES DES PLANTES) the subject would not be as advanced as it is. The authors are to be congratulated not only for presenting the most up to date anatomical information but also for showing how wide the applications are in the clinical field by the careful analysis of displacements of veins, many of which were quite unrecognised only a very few years ago. Drs W ACKENHEIM and BRAUN are in the forefront of this discipline to which they and the French school have contributed so much. Also it was their great enthusiasm and drive which led to the birth of the European Society of Neuroradiology, the first meeting of which was held in Colmar in September 1969. The Society has flourished under their guidance and very successful annual meetings have been held for nearly a decade.
List of contents
A. Introduction.- B. Historical Background.- C. Practical Methodology.- 1. The Basal Veins and Their Tributaries.- 2. The Superior and Inferior Vermian Veins.- 3. The Precentral Vein.- 4. The Peduncular and Pontine Veins.- 5. The Superior Petrosal Veins and Their Tributaries.- D. Normal Findings.- I. The Venous Sinuses.- II. The Emissary Veins.- III. The Great Vein of Galen and Its Tributaries.- IV. The Petrosal Veins.- V. The Superficial Veins of the Pons.- VI. The Lateral Mesencephalic Veins.- VII. The Cerebellar Hemispheric Veins.- VIII. The Veins of the Medulla Oblongata and of the Fourth Ventricle.- IX. The Vein of the Lateral Recess of the Fourth Ventricle.- X. The Lateral Medullopontine Vein.- XI. The Inferior Vermian Vein.- XII. The Vein of the Tentorial Margin.- XIII. Venous Drainage of the Craniocervical Junction.- XIV. Venous Landmarks as Observed in Normal Vertebral Angiography.- Figures 1 to 81.- E. Pathologic Findings.- I. Pathology of the Venous Sinuses.- II. Venous Signs of Hydrocephalus in Children.- III. Intracranial Hypertension and Herniations.- IV. Tumors of the Fourth Ventricle.- V. Tumors of the Brain Stem.- VI. Tumors of the Mesencephalon and the Thalamus.- VII. Tumors of the Cerebellar Hemispheres.- VIII. Tumors of the Cerebellopontine Angle.- IX. Hemangioblastomas and Vascular Malformations.- X. Congenital Malformations.- Figures 82 to 171.
