Table of Contents

Chapter 1. High Grade Glioma
Kristin Huntoon and J. Bradley Elder

Chapter 2. Unusual Gliomas
Chikezie I. Eseonu, Jordina Rincon-Torroella, and Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

Chapter 3. Pineal Tumors
Daniel R. Felbaum, Jonathan H. Sherman, and Walter C. Jean

Chapter 4. Choroid Plexus Tumors
Eric Sribnick and Jeffrey Leonard

Chapter 5. Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors
Clayton L. Haldeman and John S. Kuo

Chapter 6. Medulloblastoma
Robert North and Ganesh Rao

Chapter 7. Hemangioblastoma
Jeffrey Hatef and Russell R. Lonser

Chapter 8. Primary CNS Lymphoma
Roberto Jose Diaz, Gregory W. Basil, and Ricardo J. Komotar

Chapter 9. Ventricular Tumors
Neil Majmundar and James K. Liu

Chapter 10. Brain Metastases
Adam M. Robin and Steven N. Kalkanis

Chapter 11. Meningiomas
Koos Hovinga, Yoshua Esquenazi, and Philip Gutin

Chapter 12. Hemangiopericytoma
Bradley D. Weaver and Randy L. Jensen

Chapter 13. Skull Base Schwannoma
Joshua Lucas, Dwan Fishback, and Steven Giannotta

Chapter 14. Chordoma and Chrondrosarcoma
Ahmed Mohyeldin, Ricardo L. Carrau, and Daniel M. Prevedello

Chapter 15. Endocrine Active Pituitary Tumor
Amol Raheja and William T. Couldwell

Chapter 16. Endocrine Silent Pituitary Tumors
Harminder Singh, Smeer Salam, and Theodore H. Schwartz

Chapter 17. Rathke's Cleft Cysts
Ian A. Buchanan and Gabriel Zada

Chapter 18. Dermoid/Epidermoid Tumors
Ashish H. Shah and Jacques J. Morcos

Chapter 19. Esthesioneuroblastoma and Carcinomas of the Nasal Cavity
Kenan Alkhalili, Shaan M. Raza, and Franco DeMonte

Chapter 20. Intramedullary Spinal cord tumors
Paul C. McCormick

Chapter 21. Extramedullary spinal cord tumors
J. Bradley Elder and Ahmed Mohyeldin

Chapter 22. Primary tumors of the spine
Martin H. Pham and Patrick C. Hsieh

Chapter 23. Skull Tumors
David Altshuler, Jason A. Heth, and Nicholas J. Szerlip

Chapter 24. Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Or Cohen-Inbar, Daniel M. Trifiletti, and Jason P. Sheehan

Chapter 25. Craniopharyngiomas
Daniel M. S. Raper and John A. Jane, Jr.

Chapter 26. Ependymomas
Paul Klimo Jr. and Nir Shimony

Chapter 27. Low Grade Gliomas
Nader Sanai

Chapter 28. Spine Metastases
Ori Barzilai, Mark H. Bilsky, and Ilya Laufer

About the Author

Russel R. Lonser, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. In his roles in organized neurosurgery, Dr. Lonser is involved in the education of neurosurgeons in North America and around the world. He has published over 200 articles in medical journals devoted to advanced echniques and new methods of caring for patients with tumors of the nervous system.

J. Bradley Elder, MD, is Associate Professor and Director of Neurosurgical Oncology in the Department of Neurological Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Elder specializes in caring for patients with tumors of the brain and spine, and is active in clinical and translational neurosurgical oncology research including involvement with national clinical trial cooperatives and multi-institutional scientific collaborations.

Reviews

"The book is well organized, clearly written, and well illustrated ... It is a pleasure to read and is useful in my teaching ... I recommend it highly. 92 â 4 Stars." -- Herbert H Engelhard, MD, Doodys