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Informationen zum Autor Daniele Rigamonti is Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, USA. Klappentext Provides a comprehensive review of the current practice, diagnosis and management of cavernous malformations. Zusammenfassung Cavernous malformations are abnormal vascular lesions that form in the brain and spinal cord. This book provides a comprehensive review of the current practice! diagnosis and management of these disorders. It will be an essential reference for neurologists! neurosurgeons! internists and family doctors caring for cavernoma patients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Basic Sciences: 1. Pathology of cavernous malformations Sachin Batra, Barbara Crain, Rachel Engelmann, Joaquin Camara-Quintana and Daniele Rigamonti; 2. Epidemiology and natural history of cavernous malformations Rachel Engelmann, Sachin Batra, Angela Li, Joaquin Camara-Quintana and Daniele Rigamonti; 3. Familial cavernous malformations: a historical survey Leslie Morrison; 4. Clinical and molecular genetics of cerebral cavernous malformations Xavier Ayrignac and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve; 5. Molecular biology of cerebral cavernous malformation Jun Zhang; 6. Cavernous malformations and radiation Eugenio Pozzati and Nicola Acciarri; 7. Neuroimaging of cavernous malformations Doris D. M. Lin and Wael Abdalla; 8. Clinical features and medical management of cavernous malformations Michel J. Berg and Tegan Vay; Part II. Clinical Features, Imaging and Diagnostic Work-up: 9. Hemorrhage: new and recurrent Colin B. Josephson and Rustam Al-Shahi Salman; 10. Medical management of seizures and the presurgical evaluation of medically intractable epilepsy Gregory K. Bergey; Part III. Therapy: 11. The pros and cons of conservative and surgical treatment of cavernous malformations Pablo F. Recinos, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo, Christopher Wallace and Daniele Rigamonti; 12. Surgical treatment of cavernous malformations associated with epilepsy Mahua Dey and Issam Awad; 13. Surgery of spinal cavernous malformations M. Yashar S. Kalani and Robert F. Spetzler; 14. Surgical treatment of cavernous malformations in children Edward R. Smith and R. Michael Scott; 15. Resection of cavernous malformations of the brainstem Helmut Bertalanffy, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Ralf Alfons Kockro, Johannes Sarnthein and Oliver Bozinov; 16. Principles for managing cavernous malformations in eloquent locations U¿ur Türe and Ahmet Hilmi Kaya; 17. Radiosurgery of cavernous malformations: the Pittsburgh experience Douglas Kondziolka, L. Dade Lunsford, Hideyuki Kano and John C. Flickinger; Part IV. Basic Aspects: 18. Genetic counselling Leslie Morrison; 19. Special problems in cavernous malformations Richard Leigh and Robert J. Wityk; Index....
