Imaging Gliomas After Treatment A Case-based Atlas /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scarabino, Tommaso (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Neuroradiology.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.

Patients with gliomas frequently undergo combination therapy that can result in complex and potentially confusing appearances on follow-up imaging. In this context, differentiation between tumor recurrence and radiation necrosis, for example, can be very difficult. This atlas is a detailed guide to...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Classification
• Gliomas
• Etiology – Heredity – Risk factors – Pathogenesis – Prognostic factors
• Complications – Signs and symptoms  – Diagnosis and follow-up – Supportive therapy
• Treatment of gliomas
• Surgery – Radiotherapy – Chemotherapy
• Post-treatment neuroradiological imaging.-Morphological magnetic resonance
• Functional magnetic resonance: Spectroscopy – Diffusion – Perfusion – Cortical activation
• Clinical cases
• Bibliography.