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Radiosurgery of the Skull Base: A Case-Based Approach

  • 1st Edition - September 11, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Siviero Agazzi, Lawrence Berk, Mohammad Hassan A. Noureldine
  • Language: English

Radiosurgery of the Skull Base: A Case-Based Approach explores non-invasive treatment of skull base pathologies using radiosurgery—all with a practical, case-based approach. This… Read more

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Radiosurgery of the Skull Base: A Case-Based Approach explores non-invasive treatment of skull base pathologies using radiosurgery—all with a practical, case-based approach. This succinct, easy-to-navigate clinical reference covers stereotactic radiosurgery of skull base lesions, allowing you to quickly look up a specific pathology and tailor your radiosurgical strategy accordingly for the best treatment plan.

Key features

  • Covers the basics of radiosurgery, including fundamentals of radiobiology, dose tolerances, and particle therapy, as well as how and when to utilize radiosurgery in patients with skull base tumors
  • Provides a pragmatic and structured approach to more than 50 pathologies along various regions of the skull base
  • Includes tumor treatment plans for various pathologies, including vestibular and facial schwannomas, pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, chordomas, trigeminal neuralgia, metastases, and more
  • Presents cases based on real patient scenarios, with thorough descriptions of planning, dosages, outcomes, and follow-up images
  • Discusses the dose tolerance of surrounding structures, which influences the overall treatment plan
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Readership

Neurosurgeons; Skull base surgeons; Skull base fellows; Neurosurgery residents; Radiation oncologists; Radiation oncology fellows; Radiation oncology residents

Table of contents

SECTION 1 Skull Base Radiosurgery: The Basics

1. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Machines

2. Fundamentals of Radiobiology for Radiosurgery

3. Stereotactic Radiosurgery/Radiotherapy with Particle Therapy

4. Dose Tolerances of Normal Tissues in Skull Base Radiosurgery

SECTION 2 Olfactory Groove/Planum Sphenoidale/Paranasal Region

5. Esthesioneuroblastoma – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Recurrence at Short-Term

6. Esthesioneuroblastoma – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Recurrence at Long-Term

7. Olfactory Groove Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

8. Planum Sphenoidale Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

9. Planum Sphenoidale/Orbital Roof Meningioma – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Recurrence

10. Paranasal Sinus Melanoma – Definitive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

SECTION 3 Sellar/Suprasellar/Parasellar Region – Pituitary Adenoma

11. Null Cell – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Growing Intracavernous Residual

12. Null Cell – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Growing Perioptic Residual

13. ACTH Secreting – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery of Gland for Recurrent Pathology-Negative Cushing Disease

14. Growth Hormone Secreting – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual

15. Prolactinoma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual

SECTION 4 Sellar/Suprasellar Region – Other Than Pituitary Adenoma

16. Craniopharyngioma – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Recurrence

17. Tuberculum Sella Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

18. Suprasellar Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual

19. Suprasellar Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Metastasis – Upfront Radiosurgery

SECTION 5 Parasellar Space/Cavernous Sinus Region

20. Trigeminal Schwannoma – Upfront Radiosurgery

21. Trigeminal Schwannoma – Upfront, StagedVolume Radiosurgery

22. Cavernous Sinus Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

23. Cavernous Sinus Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Perioptic Residual

24. Cavernous Sinus Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual Tumor After Repeat Resection

SECTION 6 Clivus/Petroclival Junction

25. Chondrosarcoma – Definitive Radiosurgery After Subtotal Resections

26. Chordoma – Immediate Postoperative/PostProton Therapy Radiosurgery for Residual Disease

27. Cavernous Sinus/Petroclival Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual/Postoperative Radiosurgery for Recurrence

28. Chondrosarcoma/Trigeminal Neuralgia – Upfront, Multisession Radiosurgery/Postoperative Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia

SECTION 7 Cerebellopontine Angle Region – Other Than Vestibular Schwannoma

29. Petrous Apex Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

30. Sphenopetroclival Meningioma – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Growing Residual

31. Petrous Ridge/Sigmoid Sinus Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

32. Petrosal Surface/Sigmoid Sinus Meningioma – Delayed Postoperative Multisession Radiosurgery for Growing Residual

33. Endolymphatic Sac Tumor – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery of Surgical Bed

34. Cisternal Trigeminal Schwannoma – Upfront Radiosurgery

35. Trochlear Schwannoma – Upfront Radiosurgery

SECTION 8 Internal Auditory Canal/Cerebellopontine Angle Region – Vestibular Schwannoma and Facial Schwannoma

36. Medium Vestibular Schwannoma without Hearing Deficit – Upfront Radiosurgery

37. Medium Vestibular Schwannoma with Hearing Deficit – Upfront Radiosurgery

38. Large Vestibular Schwannoma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual

39. Large Vestibular Schwannoma – Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Growing Residual

40. Small Vestibular Schwannoma with Hearing Deficit – Upfront Radiosurgery

41. Small Facial Schwannoma with Hearing Deficit – Upfront Radiosurgery

SECTION 9 Trigeminal Neuralgia

42. Trigeminal Neuralgia due to Microvascular Conflict – Upfront Radiosurgery

43. Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia – Upfront Radiosurgery

44. Trigeminal Neuralgia due to Trigeminal Schwannoma – Upfront Radiosurgery

45. Trigeminal Neuralgia due to Petroclival Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

SECTION 10 Jugular Foramen Region

46. Capillary Hemangioma – Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual Tumor

47. Jugular Foramen/Sigmoid Sinus Meningioma – Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual Tumor

48. Jugular Foramen Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

49. Jugular Paraganglioma – Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual Tumor

50. Jugular Paraganglioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

51. Vagal Schwannoma – Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual Tumor

52. Jugular Foramen Schwannoma – Upfront Radiosurgery

53. Jugular/Clival Paraganglioma – Delayed Postembolization, Multisession Radiosurgery for Growing Residual

SECTION 11 Foramen Magnum/Clivus Region

54. Foramen Magnum Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

55. Foramen Magnum/Petroclival Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual

56. Occipital Condyle/Clivus/C1 Vertebra Metastasis – Upfront Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

SECTION 12 Major Sinuses

57. Superior Sagittal/Transverse Sinuses Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative, Staged-volume Radiosurgery for Residual/Delayed Postoperative Radiosurgery for Growing Residual

58. Superior Sagittal Sinus Meningioma – Delayed Postoperative, Multisession Radiosurgery for Growing Residual

59. Superior Sagittal Sinus Meningioma – Immediate Postoperative Radiosurgery for Residual

60. Torcular/Tentorial Meningioma – Upfront Radiosurgery

61. Transverse Sinus Dural Arteriovenous Fistula – Upfront, Preembolization Radiosurgery

62. Tentorial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula – Upfront Radiosurgery

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 21, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Siviero Agazzi

Siviero Agazzi is Chief of Cranial Surgery and Chief of Radiosurgery at the University of South Florida and has a 15 year experience of training residents and fellows in the fields of open skull base surgery and radiosurgery for skull base diseases. He is also serving as vice president of the North American Skull Base Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief of Cranial Surgery and Chief of Radiosurgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

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Lawrence Berk

Lawrence B. Berk is the primary Radiation Oncologist for CNS tumors at the University of South Florida. Together with Dr Agazzi and the other University of South Florida Neurosurgeons, has performed hundreds of base of skull radiosurgeries using Cyberknife and Tomotherapy. Former Vice Chair of the national cooperative research group, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (now NRG-Oncology), as well as former chair of the Symptom Management Committee of the RTOG. Served as the Chair of the Quality of Life program of the annual American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting. Editor of Dying and Death in Oncology, Springer.
Affiliations and expertise
Primary Radiation Oncologist for CNS tumors, the University of South Florida, USA

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Mohammad Hassan A. Noureldine

Mohammad Hassan Noureldine received his Medical Degree from the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 2016 and a master’s degree in Neuroimaging from Lebanese University (LU) in 2018. He graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and minor in chemistry from LAU and received a University Diploma in clinical research in 2014 from LU. In 2018, he joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (JHACH) as a postdoctoral research fellow and currently completing a surgical internship at the University of South Florida.
Affiliations and expertise
University of South Florida, USA

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