Oncohema Key

Fig. 2.1 Transitional meningioma showing characteristic concentric whorls and basophilic psammoma bodies. Magnification ×200 Meningiomas located in the cerebellopontine angle or in relation to cranial/spinal nerve roots raise a differential…

Fig. 35.1 Cumulative incidence of second neoplasms with death as a competing risk (Armstrong et al. 2009) Fig. 35.2 Etiologic factors involved in multiple cancer development (Travis et al. 2012)…

Fig. 3.1 10-year-old boy. 6 months with headaches. 15 days with visual disturbances. Atypical meningioma (WHO II) preoperative imaging and intraoperative extracranial tumor invasion illustration Patient age, tumor location, and…

Fig. 27.1 Picture of cranial immobilization in the prone position using an aquaplast mask face cradle An SSD or SAD setup can be used. SSD setup can facilitate the use…

Site Total % Male Female Male/female Pineal 73 45 68 5 14 Neurohypophyseal 52 32 26 26 1 Pineal + neurohypophyseal 17 10 15 2 7.5 Basal ganglia, thalamus 21 13 20…

Fig. 19.1 (a) H&E stained histological sample of a WHO Grade I Choroid Plexus Papilloma. There is a single layer of epithelial cells overlying a fibrovascular core, resembling normal choroid…

Tumor Clinical manifestations Laboratory evaluation Preferred treatment modalities in children Prolactinoma Pubertal arrest, galactorrhea, menstrual abnormalities, pituitary deficiencies, visual symptoms, and headache Elevated serum PRL+/− elevated serum GH 1. Dopamine antagonists…

Fig. 15.1 Immature teratoma arising from the suprasellar area in a 13-year-old boy. (a) CT scan shows a mass in the third ventricle with low attenuation. Minute dots of high…

Fig. 20.1 Target contouring of a large skull base chordoma with extensive extracranial extension following subtotal, transnasal/transsphenoidal resection. Gross tumor volume (GTV) includes residual gross disease, equivocal areas as per…