Author | Schiffer, Davide. author |
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Title | Brain Tumors [electronic resource] : Biology, Pathology and Clinical References / by Davide Schiffer, Maria Teresa Giordana, Alessandro Mauro, Riccardo Soffietti |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60529-1 |
Descript | XX, 695 p. online resource |
1 Cytogenesis of the Central Nervous System -- 1.1 Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis -- 1.2 Gliogenesis in Adult Animals -- 1.3 Development of the Cerebellar Cortex -- 1.4 Radial Glia and Ependyma -- 1.5 Genes Controlling Nervous System Development -- 2 Factors of the Transformation Process -- 2.1 Genetics and Molecular Biology -- 2.2 Familial Incidence of Tumors -- 2.3 Congenital Tumors -- 2.4 Risk Factors: Epidemiological Data -- 3 Experimental Tumors -- 3.1 Chemical Carcinogenesis -- 3.2 Viral Carcinogenesis -- 3.3 Transplantable Animal Models -- 3.4 Gene Transfer Models of Neural Tumors -- 4 Antigens of Phenotypic Expression and Differentiation Markers -- 4.1 Brain Tumor-Associated Antigens -- 4.2 Antigens Employed in the Histological Diagnosis of Brain Tumors -- 5 Pathology of the Host-Tumor Interaction -- 5.1 Peritumoral Changes -- 5.2 Regressive Events in the Tumor -- 5.3 Cerebral Edema -- 5.4 Calcifications -- 5.5 Immune Response -- 6 Classification and Nosography of Neuroepithelial Tumors -- 7 The Concept of Malignancy: Anaplasia, Cell Proliferation, Metastasis -- 7.1 General Considerations -- 7.2 Cell Kinetics -- 7.3 Metastasis -- 7.4 Expansion and Invasiveness -- 8 Descriptive Epidemiology of Primary Nervous System Tumors -- 8.1 General Data -- 8.2 Epidemiology of Intracranial Tumors -- 8.3 Epidemiology of Intraspinal Tumors -- 9 Astrocytic Tumors -- 9.1 Nosological Problems -- 9.2 Astrocytic Tumors of the Cerebral Hemispheres -- 9.3 Astrocytic Tumors of the Midline -- 9.4 Astrocytic Tumors of the Spinal Cord -- 10 Oligodendroglial Tumors -- 10.1 Oligodendroglioma -- 10.2 Presence of Astrocytes and the Problem of Mixed Gliomas: Oiigoastrocytoma -- 10.3 Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma and Prognosis -- 11 Ependymal Tumors -- 11.1 Ependymoma -- 11.2 Subependymoma -- 11.3 Ependymoblastoma -- 12 Choroid Plexus Tumors -- 12.1 Plexus-Papilloma -- 12.2 Malignant Variant (Plexus Carcinoma) -- 13 Tumors Composed of Neural Cells -- 13.1 Ganglioglioma (Gangliocytoma) -- 13.2 Dysplastic Gangliocytoma of the Cerebellum -- 13.3 Infantile Desmoplastic Ganglioglioma -Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma -- 13.4 Central Neurocytoma -- 13.5 Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors -- 13.6 Olfactory Neuroblastoma -- 14 Pineal Gland Tumors -- 14.1 The Pineal Gland -- 14.2 Pineal Gland Tumors -- 14.3 Pineal Cysts -- 15 Embryonal Tumors -- 15.1 Medulloepithelioma -- 15.2 Medulloblastoma -- 15.3 Neuroblastoma -- 15.4 Polar Spongioblastoma -- 15.5 Appendix: Tumors of the Retina -- 16 Glomus Tumors, Paragangliomas -- 16.1 Site, Age, and Clinical Features -- 16.2 Macroscopic Appearance and Imaging -- 16.3 Microscopic Appearance -- 16.4 Prognosis -- 17 Tumors of the Cranial and Spinal Nerves -- 17.1 Neurinoma (Schwannoma) -- 17.2 Neurofibromas -- 17.3 Granular Cell Tumors -- 17.4 Neurothekeoma -- 17.5 Perineurioma -- 17.6 Prognosis, Malignancy -- 18 Tumors of the Meninges -- 18.1 Meningiomas -- 18.2 Other Mesenchymal Tumors of the Meninges -- 19 Mesenchymal Tumors -- 19.1 Chordomas -- 19.2 Chondroma -- 19.3 Chondrosarcomas -- 19.4 Osteomas -- 19.5 Osteosarcoma -- 20 Vascular Tumors -- 20.1 Capillary Hemangioblastoma -- 21 Tumors and Dysontogenetic Lesions -- 21.1 Germ Cell Tumors -- 21.2 Teratomas -- 21.3 Tumors with Muscle Cells -- 21.4 Dermo-epidermoid Cysts -- 21.5 Craniopharyngioma and Epithelial Cysts -- 21.6 Neuroepithelial and Non-Neuroepithelial Cysts -- 21.7 Lipomas -- 21.8 Hamartomas, Ectopias, and Ectopic Tumors -- 21.9 Hamartomas or Vascular Malformations -- 22 Phakomatosis and Dysgenetic Syndromes -- 22.1 Tuberous Sclerosis (Bournevilleโs Disease) -- 22.2 Neurofibromatosis -- 22.3 Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome -- 22.4 Sturge-Weber Syndrome -- 22.5 Other Dysgenetic Syndromes -- 23 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas -- 23.1 Frequency, Age, Site, and Clinical Features -- 23.2 Macroscopic Aspect and Imaging -- 23.3 Microscopic Appearance -- 23.4 Epidural Lymphomas -- 23.5 Lymphomas in AIDS -- 23.6 Prognosis, Treatment -- 24 Metastases -- 24.1 Frequency -- 24.2 Sex -- 24.3 Age -- 24.4 Metastatic Pathways -- 24.5 Macroscopic Appearance and Imaging -- 24.6 Microscopic Appearance -- 24.7 Differential Diagnosis -- 24.8 Prognosis and Therapy -- 24.9 Carcinomatous Meningitis -- 24.10 Spinal Metastases -- 25 Biological Basis of Therapies -- 25.1 Radiotherapy -- 25.2 Chemotherapy -- 25.3 Immunotherapy -- 25.4 Biologic Therapies -- 26 Effects of Treatment on Brain Tumors and Normal Nervous Tissue -- 26.1 Effects of Radiotherapy and/or Chemotherapy on Human Brain Tumors -- 26.2 Effects of External Radiotherapy on the Human Brain -- 26.3 Effects of Brachytherapy on the Human Brain -- 26.4 Effects of External Radiotherapy on the Human Spinal Cord and/or Nerve Roots -- 26.5 Pathogenesis of Adverse Effects of Radiotherapy on the Normal Nervous Tissue -- 26.6 Effects of Chemotherapy on the Human Brain and Spinal Cord -- 26.7 Effects of Treatment on Normal Nervous Tissue in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia of Childhood -- 26.8 Second Malignancies -- References