Lesions of the Cerebral Midline: 9th Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (Espn), October 10-13, 1984, Vienna

ISBN-13: 9783211818831 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 126 str.

W. T. Koos; G. Pendl

Opis

This supplement to "Acta Neurochirurgica" contains a selection of papers which were presented at the 9th Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery on Space Occupying Lesions of the Cerebral Midline in Vienna, October 10-13,1984.

Spis treści

A. Statistics.- Statistics of Intracranial Midline Tumors in Children.- B. Anatomy.- Anatomy of the Midline.- C. Pathology.- Pathology of Midline Brain Tumors.- D. Approaches.- Problems of Surgical Technique for the Treatment of Supratentorial Midline Tumors in Children.- Operative Approaches to Midline Tumors.- Approaches to the Pineal Region.- E. Diagnosis.- Diagnosis of Lesions in the Third Ventricle.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Midline Pediatric Cerebral Neoplasms.- Neuroimaging of Mass Lesions of the Pineal Region in Infancy and Childhood.- CT Stereotactic Biopsy for Optimizing the Therapy of Intracranial Processes.- F. Lateral and Third Ventricle.- Supratentorial Intraventricular Tumors in Childhood.- Primary Cystic Midline Lesions of the Brain in Childhood.- Possibilities and Limits of the Midline Interhemispheric Approach.- Surgical Treatment of Intraventricular Meningiomas in Childhood.- Supratentorial Astrocytomas of the Midline in Childhood—A Review of Treatment and Prognosis.- G. Sella.- Microsurgical Topography of Craniopharyngiomas.- Neurosurgical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease in Children and Adolescents.- Gliomas of Visual Pathways and Hypothalamus in Children—A Preliminary Report.- H. Pineal Region.- Surgical Aspects of Pineal Region Tumors in Children.- Surgery of Pineal Region Lesions in Childhood.- Tumors of the Pineal Region in Children and Adolescents.- I. Brain Stem.- Direct Surgical Attack on Pontine and Rhombencephalic Lesions.