Computed Tomography in Intracranial Tumors

Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Aspects

G.B. Bradac, U. Büll, R. Fahlbusch, Th. Grumme, E. Kazner, K. Kretzschmar, W. Lanksch, W. Meese, J. Schramm, H. Steinhoff, O. Stochdorph, S. Wende (Autoren)

E. Kazner, S. Wende, T. Grumme, W. Lanksch, O. Stochdorph (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 548 Seiten

2012 | 1981
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-96655-2 (ISBN)

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The current book represents a distillation of the experience gained in diagnosis of intracranial tumors with computed X-ray tomography at the University Hos pitals of Berlin, Mainz, and Miinchen. To what purpose? Standard radiological techniques such as pneumoencephalography with lumbar puncture and cerebral arteriography with puncture of the common carotid artery are invasive proce dures which entail a certain amount of risk as well as discomfort for the patient. Furthermore, diagnoses made with these procedures rely primarily on indirect signs of an intracranial space-occupying lesion - such as displacement of the air-filled ventricles or of normal cerebral vessels. Only a few types of tumor are demonstrated directly with these techniques. In contrast, computed tomography demonstrates the pathology directly in almost all cases, and this with a minimum of risk and discomfort. In addition, normal intracranial structures are demonstrated, so that the tumor's effect on its surroundings can be evaluated. Today, almost a decade after HOUNSFIELD'S revolutionary invention, diagno sis of brain tumors without computed tomography is almost unthinkable, if not in fact irresponsible.

A. Introduction.- B. Classification of Intracranial Tumors.- 1. History and Problems in Classification.- 2. Types of Intracranial Tumors.- C. Technique of CT Examination.- 1. Computed Tomography Systems.- 2. Procedure in CT Examination.- 3. Analysis of CT Pictures.- 4. Intravenous Contrast Enhancement.- 5. Intrathecal Administration of Contrast Media.- D. Computed Tomography in Brain Tumors.- Collective.- Criteria for Evaluation of Computed Tomograms.- Type-Specific Diagnosis with CT.- E. Computed Tomography in Processes at the Base of the Skull and in the Skull Vault.- 1. Base of the Skull.- 2. Skull Vault.- F. Computed Tomography in Nonneoplastic Space-Occupying Intracranial Lesions.- 1 Inflammatory Processes.- 2 Acute Demyelinating Diseases.- 3 Granulomas.- 4 Cysts.- 5 Parasites.- 6 Intracranial Hematomas.- 7 Vascular Malformations.- 8. Brain Infarction.- G. Computed Tomography in Orbital Lesions.- 1. Benign Tumors.- 2. Malignant Tumors.- 3. Inflammatory Processes.- 4. Malformations and Posttraumatic Lesions.- 5. Endocrine Ophthalmopathy (Graves' Disease).- H. Effect of Computed Tomography on Diagnosis of Neurological Disease.- References.

"The book is strongly recommended for departmental reference and to those training in the neurosciences." B.E.Kendall in "Brain" "This book impresses one by its excellent systematic and logical presentation of the subject. Each entity is introduced by data about its gross morphology and biology, clinical appearance followed by the broad and well documented presentation of the computed tomograms, if necessary also in reconstruction or magnification. The text is admirably homogeneous ...It seems to be the best existing book on cranial CT of toumors in correlation with the clinical aspects." Neuro Surgical Review clinical aspects ". Neuro Surgical Review

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.1.2012
Übersetzer	F. C. Dougherty
Zusatzinfo	XI, 548 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1355 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Neurochirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
Schlagworte	brain • brain tumor • Computed tomography (CT) • Diagnosis • Hirngeschwulst • Kernspin-Tomographie • Neurochirugie • Neuroradiologie • Neuroradiology • Schichtaufnahmeverfahren • Tomography • Tumor • Tumors • X-Ray
ISBN-10	3-642-96655-1 / 3642966551
ISBN-13	978-3-642-96655-2 / 9783642966552
Zustand	Neuware