Research Catalog

Title

Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma / B. Jeremic, S. Pitz (eds.) ; with contributions by G. Bednarz [and others] ; foreword by L.W. Brady [and others].

Publication

New York ; London : Springer, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Jeremić, Branislav.
• Pitz, S. (Susanne)
• Bednarz, G.
• Brady, L. W.

Description

xii, 135 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm.

Summary

"Optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM) is a rare tumour. Cases are usually separated into primary ONSM, which arises either intraorbitally or, less commonly, intracanalicularly, and secondary ONSM, which arises intracranially and subsequently invades the optic canal and orbit. This is the first book to cover all important aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of primary ONSM. After a general introduction, individual chapters discuss the clinical presentation, clinical examination and diagnosis, imaging, and histology. Treatment options are then addressed in detail, with special emphasis on external beam radiation therapy, and in particular stereotactic fractionated radiation therapy. The latter has recently produced consistently good results and is now considered the emerging treatment of choice for the vast majority of patients with primary ONSM. This well-illustrated book will prove invaluable to all practitioners who encounter primary ONSM in their clinical work."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Uniform Title

Medical radiology.

Subjects

• Optic Nerve Neoplasms > diagnosis
• Meningioma > radiotherapy
• Meningioma > diagnosis
• Optic Nerve Neoplasms > radiotherapy
• Optic nerve > Tumors

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Overall Introduction, Problem Definition, Incidence / Branislav Jeremic and Susanne Pitz -- 2. Clinical Presentation / Susanne Pitz and Helmut Wilhelm -- 3. Clinical Evaluation of Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma / Roger E. Turbin and John S. Kennerdell -- 4. Imaging Diagnosis of the Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma / Mahmood F. Mafee and John H. Naheedy -- 5. Histology and Molecular Genetics / Markus J. Riemenschneider and Guido Reifenberger -- 6. Surgery in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma / Roger E. Turbin and John S. Kennerdell -- 7. Conventional Radiation Therapy in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma / Branislav Jeremic -- 8. 3D Conformal RT / Simon S. Lo, Samuel T. Chao and John H. Suh -- 9. Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma / Jose Hinojosa, Bin S. Teh, Arnold C. Paulino, Jorge Omar Hernandez and E. Brian Butler -- 10. Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma / Branislav Jeremic, Maria Werner Wasik, Salvador Villa, Frank Paulsen, Greg Bednarz, Dolors Linero and Markus Buchgeister.

ISBN

• 9783540775577 (hbk.)
• 3540775579 (hbk.)

OCLC

• ocn233933919
• 233933919
• SCSB-5442846

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries