Pineal Region Lesions: Management Strategies and Controversial Issues

✍ Scribed by Ioan Stefan Florian

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Neurosurgical lesions of the pineal region are extremely rare, accounting for roughly 1% of the total number of neurosurgical expansive lesions in modern practice. This book offers an up-to-date review of the relevant literature, combined with the personal perspectives of some highly experienced figures in the field. The book is divided into two main parts, the first of which offers an overview of the pineal region from an anatomic, pathologic, imaging and therapeutic perspective. Special attention is given to surgical approaches to pineal region lesions. Microsurgical techniques are presented, together with detailed indications regarding specific locations of these lesions, specific complications, and controversial aspects concerning some of the approaches. A dedicated chapter addresses endoscopic techniques, their indications and limitations. Adjuvant therapies are also discussed, along with their particular indications and debated aspects.

In turn, the chapters in the second part cover specific lesions such as pineal region tumors, vascular lesions, and cystic and cyst-like lesions. Regarding pineal region tumors, the most frequent pathologies are presented in the most comprehensive and practical manner possible, with special attention to the appropriate therapeutic management for each type. Further, there is a dedicated chapter on pineal region cysts. Given its depth of content, the book will allow neurosurgeons and specialists to greatly expand their understanding of pineal region lesions in daily clinical practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Historical Landmarks in Pineal Region Surgery (Ioan Stefan Florian, Cristina Caterina Aldea)....Pages 3-6
Pineal Region Anatomy (Pablo González-López, Javier Abarca-Olivas, Enrique Luna, Carlos Martorell-LLobregat, Verónica de los Santos)....Pages 7-17
Histopathology of the Pineal Region Tumors (Sergiu Susman, Bobe Petrushev, Doinița Crișan)....Pages 19-26
Clinical Presentation (Zoltan Zs. Major)....Pages 27-32
Imaging Diagnosis (Horia Pleş)....Pages 33-43
The Usefulness of Biomarkers for Diagnosis (Patric Teodorescu, Sergiu Pasca, Ciprian Tomuleasa)....Pages 45-49
Surgical Adjuvants for the Pineal Region Approach (Vincenzo Paternó)....Pages 51-58
Front Matter ....Pages 59-59
A Supracerebellar-Infratentorial Approach in Pineal Region Lesions (Vladimir Beneš, Martin Majovsky)....Pages 61-77
The Suboccipital Transtentorial Approach: How and Why We Do It—the Lyon Experience (Carmine Mottolese, Alexandru Szathmári, Pierre-Aurélien Beuriat, Claudio Di Roio, Federico Di Rocco)....Pages 79-90
The Transcallosal Approach to Pineal Region Lesions (Krešimir Rotim, Tomislav Sajko)....Pages 91-99
Endoscopic Approach for Pineal Region Lesions (Sergiu Stoica, Sebastian Pavel, Bogdan Mocanu, Georgian Ciobotaru, Anca Visan)....Pages 101-109
Management of Hydrocephalus (Horaţiu Stan, Ionuţ Olteanu)....Pages 111-116
Front Matter ....Pages 117-117
Radiosurgery (Fery Stoica)....Pages 119-126
Other Radiotherapeutic Techniques (Dana Michaela Cernea)....Pages 127-130
Chemotherapy (Mihaela Aldea, Elena Diana Olteanu)....Pages 131-134
Front Matter ....Pages 135-135
Tumors of Pineal Cell Origin (Victor Volovici, Ruben Dammers, Marie-Lise C. van Veelen)....Pages 137-143
Tumors of Germ Cell Origin (Douglas R. Taylor, Richard J. Edwards, Frederick A. Boop)....Pages 145-157
Tumors of Glial Origin (Ioan Stefan Florian, Eduard Tronciu)....Pages 159-167
Meningiomas of the Pineal Region (Gheorghe Ungureanu, Ioan Stefan Florian)....Pages 169-175
Metastatic Tumors (Marcel A. Kamp, Marion Rapp, Jan F. Cornelius, Jan Haussmann, Christiane von Saß, Martin Neukirchen et al.)....Pages 177-182
Front Matter ....Pages 183-183
Arteriovenous Malformations of the Pineal Region: Management and Controversies (Ioan Alexandru Florian, Teodora Larisa Timiș, Ioan Stefan Florian)....Pages 185-195
Cavernous Malformations of the Pineal Region: Overview, Management, and Controversies (Helmut Bertalanffy, Ioan Alexandru Florian, Teodora Larisa Timiș)....Pages 197-212
Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation (Fiedhelm Brassel, Samuel Kobba, Christof M. Sommer)....Pages 213-227
Front Matter ....Pages 229-229
Pineal Epidermoid and Dermoid Cysts of the Pineal Region (Najia El Abbadi, Fahd Derkaoui Hassani)....Pages 231-237
Pineal Cysts (Adrian Bălașa, Rareș Chinezu)....Pages 239-243
Front Matter ....Pages 245-245
Management Algorithm in Pineal Lesions (Claudiu Matei, Alin Borha)....Pages 247-257
Conclusions (Ioan Stefan Florian)....Pages 259-260

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Neurology; Imaging / Radiology; Pediatrics