Tumors of the skull base

Extra- and intracranial surgery of skull base tumors

H. Scheunemann, K. Schürmann, J. Helms, H. Scheunemann, K. Schürmann, J. Helms

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9783110102994
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110850833
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

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Table of contents

• Preface
• Contents
• I. Anatomy and neuroradiology of the skull base related to tumor surgery
• Topographical anatomy of the skull base and adjacent tissues
• Tumors of the skull base. The role of the diagnostic and therapeutic angiography
• Echographical diagnosis of orbital tumors
• II. Anterior skull base tumors
• Orbital tumors involving the skull base
• Esthesioneuroblastoma
• Juvenile angiofibroma
• Malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses
• Malignant maxillofacial tumors and the skull base - operative procedures and prosthetic management
• Radiotherapy of the skull base
• Present role of chemotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer
• Transmaxillary and transoral approach to invasive tumors of the skull base
• Transoral approaches for tumor operations on the skull base
• Diagnosis - combined treatment of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
• Extension of nasopharyngeal tumors to the posterior region of the skull base
• Sudden blindness by an esthesioneuroblastoma - case report
• Bifrontal meningioma of the skull base
• Surgical reconstruction of the Eustachian tube
• III. Middle and posterior skull base tumors
• Petroclival and medial tentorial meningiomas
• Surgical concepts in malignant tumors of the lateral skull base
• Intratemporal neurinomas of the facial nerve and epidermoids of the petrous bone
• The intracavernous connective tissue cover of the internal carotid artery - anatomy and surgery
• Rare lesions of the parasellar area
• The fate of glomus tympanicum tumors after surgical and radiological treatment
• The place of "salvage" petrosectomy
• Transtemporal-infratemporal approach to the skull base
• Skull base chordoma - neurosurgical problems
• Transclival transcervical approach to the upper cervical spine and clivus
• Interdisciplinary approach to benign tumors of the lateral skull base
• Vascular problems of the carotid artery and reconstructive procedures
• The diagnosis and operative strategy of large glomus tumors
• Rehabilitation of swallowing following paresis of the caudal cranial nerves
• List of contributors
• Authors' index
• Authors' index