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Meningiomas
A Comprehensive Text

M. Necmettin Pamir, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Peter M. Black, MD, PhD, FACS
Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Founding Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Chair Emeritus
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Rudolf Fahlbusch, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director, Endocrine Neurosurgery and Intraoperative MRI, International Neuroscience Institute, Hannover, Germany
Saunders
Front matter
Meningiomas: A Comprehensive Text
M. Necmettin Pamir, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Peter M. Black, MD, PhD, FACS
Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Founding Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Chair Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Rudolf Fahlbusch, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director, Endocrine Neurosurgery and Intraoperative MRI, International Neuroscience Institute, Hannover, Germany

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Meningiomas: a comprehensive text/[edited by]
M. Necmettin Pamir, Peter Black, Rudolf Fahlbusch. - 1st ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4160-5654-6
1. Meningioma. I. Pamir, M. Necmettin. II. Black, Peter McL. III. Fahlbusch, Rudolf.
[DNLM: 1. Meningioma. QZ 380 M5448 2009]
RC280.M4M46 2009
616.99′4--dc22
2009014345
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Dedication
To my mother, my wife and my daughter.
MNP
To my families: my wife Katharine and our wonderful children, and the family of co-workers, students, and friends who have made academic life so fulfilling.
PMB
To my wonderful sons Fabian and Marius
RF
Contributors

John R. Adler, Jr., MD, Dorothy & TK Chan Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Linda S. Aglio, MD, MS, Director of Neuroanesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Associate Director of Neurophysiologic Monitoring, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Nejat Akalan, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Serdar Baki Albayrak, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Suleyman Demirel University, Medical Faculty Hospital, Isparta, Turkey, Brain Tumor Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas

Jorge E. Alvernia, MD, Senior Resident, Neurological Surgery Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Danielle Baleriaux, MD, Neuroradiologist and Department Head, Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Feyyaz Baltacioğlu, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Hiriam Basiouni, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Essen, Essen, Germany

Muhittin Belirgen, MD, Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Jacqueline A. Bello, MD, FACR, Professor of Clinical Radiology, Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Director of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York

Amaresh S. Bhaganagare, Mch, Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, India

Peter M. Black, MD, PhD, FACS, Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Founding Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Chair Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Alp Özgün Börcek, MD, Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

John Borchers, III, MD † , Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Michael Brada, MB ChB, FRCR, FRCP, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research and Neuro-oncology Unit The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

Jacques Brotchi, MD, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

Michael Bruneau, MD, Neurosurgeon, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Associate Attending Neurosurgeon, Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

Lisa Calvocoressi, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticuit

Giorgio Carrabba, MD, Neuro-oncology Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rona S. Carroll, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Elizabeth B. Claus, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, Attending Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

V. Peter Collins, MD, PhD, Professor of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Pathology Division of Molecular Histopathology, University of Cambridge, Honorary Consultant Histopathologist, Department of Histopathology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Foreign Adjunct Professor, Histopathology, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Jeroen R. Coppens, MD, Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, Professor and Joseph J. Yager Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Chris Couser, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Manoel A. de Paiva Neto, MD, Research Fellow, Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Ca