Russell and Rubinstein's pathology of tumors of the nervous system /
[Book]
[edited by] Roger E. McLendon, Marc K. Rosenblum, Darell D. Bigner
7th ed
New York, NY :
Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press,
2006
xxiii, 1132 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
29 cm +
1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Classification of tumors of the nervous system: an historical annotation -- Epidemiology of bain tumors: incidence, survival, and risk factors -- Nervous system tumors and atomic bomb experience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Diffuse astrocytoma -- Anaplastic astrocytoma -- Astrocytoma of the brainstem -- Astrocytoma of the spinal cord -- Glioblastoma -- Pilocytic astrocytoma and pilomyxoid astrocytoma -- Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma -- Astroblastoma -- Oligodendroglioma -- Anaplastic oligodendroglioma and mixed glioma -- Ependymoma, subependymoma, and myxopapillary ependymoma -- Monomorphous angiocentric glioma/angiocentric neuroepithelial tumor -- Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle -- Choroid plexus tumor -- Medulloblastoma -- Cerebella liponeurocytoma -- Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor -- Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy -- Olfactory neuroblastoma -- Medulloepithelioma -- Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor: neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, malignant neuroblastic-glial tumor and ependymoblastoma -- Ganglion cell tumors: gangliocytoma, ganglioglioma and anaplastic ganglioglioma -- Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma/desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma
Extraventricular neurocytomas and unconventional glioneuronal tumors -- Central neurocytoma -- Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor -- Dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum (Lhermitte-Duclos disease) -- Hypothalamic neuronal hamartoma -- Paraganglioma of the spine and skull base -- Tumors of the pineal parenchymal and glial cells -- Meningiomas -- Solitary fibrous tumors -- Primary meningeal sarcoma -- Hemangiopericytoma -- Capillary hemangioblastoma -- Cerebral sarcoma -- Rhabdomyosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma -- Angiosarcoma and Kaposi's sarcoma -- Hemangioendothelioma -- Meningeal melanocytoma, neurocutaneous melanosis and primary meningeal melanoma -- Germ cell tumors -- Totipotential cells of the distal spinal cord -- Dermoid cyst, epidermoid cyst, and dermal sinus -- Intracranial cysts of endodermal or respiratory epithelial origin -- Lipomas and rare lipomatous tumors -- Arachnoid cyst -- Neuroepithelial cysts of the IV ventricle and extraventricular ependymal cysts -- Ectopias and hamartomas -- Tumors of the retina
Gliomas of the optic nerve and chiasm -- Neoplasms of the sellar region -- Chordoma and related lesions, chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma of the cranium -- Primary tumors of cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves -- Nervous system involvement by lymphoma, leukemia, and other hematopoietic cell proliferations -- Neurofibromatosis type 1 -- Neurofibromatosis type 2 -- von Hippel-Lindau disease -- Li-Fraumeni syndrome and the p53 tumor suppressor pathway -- Neuropathologic features of tuberous sclerosis -- PTEN hamartomatous tumor syndromes -- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma (Gorlin) syndrome -- Hereditary colorectal cancer and brain tumor syndromes -- Brain tumor-polyposis (BTP) syndrome -- Metastases -- Appendix I: Invasion and metastasis -- Appendix II: Molecular biology and genetic models of glioma and medulloblastoma
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Updated and revised edition of a two-volume text/reference for practitioners. Vol. 1 includes topics on: epidemiology, mechanisms of altered growth control, antibodies and molecular immunology. Vol. 2: tumors of specialized tissues, vascular origins, cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerve sheaths. Halftone and color illustrations
Pathology of tumors of the nervous system
Russell & Rubinstein's pathology of tumors of the nervous system