Meningiomas

Dr Joung H Lee is Director, Center for Neurofibromatosis and Benign Tumors, Brain Tumor Institute and Head, Section of Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He has published over 40 journal articles and guest-edited Neurosurgery Clinics of North America: Adjunct treatment modalities for skull base tumors. W.B. Saunders, October 2000.

General Information.- Meningiomas: Historical Perspective.- Epidemiology.- Human Meninges: Anatomy and Its Role in Meningioma Pathogenesis.- Meninges: Embryology.- Pathology of Meningiomas.- Natural History, Growth Rates, and Recurrence.- Diagnostic Considerations.- Diagnostic Neuroradiology: CT, MRI, fMRI, MRS, PET, and Octreotide SPECT.- Meningiomas: Imaging Mimics.- Preoperative Embolization of Meningiomas.- Neuro-ophthalmic Evaluations in Patients with Meningiomas.- Basic Science.- Meningioma Tumorigenesis: An Overview of Etiologic Factors.- Molecular Basis of Meningioma Tumorigenesis and Progression.- Meningiomas of the Central Neuraxis: Unique Tumors.- Radiation-Induced Meningioma: Historical Perspective, Presentation, Management, and Genetics.- Emerging Treatment Modalities I: Cyclooxygenase-2 as a Therapeutic Target for Meningioma Tumor Growth.- Emerging Treatment Modalities II: Gene Therapy for Meningiomas.- Management and Outcome.- Management Options and Surgical Principles: An Overview.- Operative Outcome Following Meningioma Surgery: A Personal Experience of 600 Cases.- Factors Influencing Outcome in Meningioma Surgery.- The Novel “CLASS” Algorithmic Scale for Patient Selection in Meningioma Surgery.- Endoscopy in Meningioma Surgery: Basic Principles, Applications, and Indications.- Image-Guided Surgery for Meningiomas.- Meningiomas and Epilepsy.- Surgical Correction of Postoperative Strabismus.- Adjunct Treatment Modalities.- Recent Advances in Therapeutic Radiation: An Overview.- Conventional Radiation for Meningiomas.- Gamma Knife Surgery for Meningiomas.- Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery for Meningiomas.- Brachytherapy for Meningiomas.- Medical Therapy for Meningiomas.- Meningiomas by Location: Special Considerations, Surgical Technique, Outcome,Complication Avoidance.- Convexity Meningiomas.- Parasagittal Meningiomas.- Falcine Meningiomas.- Olfactory Groove/Planum Sphenoidale Meningiomas.- Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas.- Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas.- Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas I: Aggressive Surgical Management.- Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas II: Conservative Management with Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy.- Lateral and Middle Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas.- Orbitosphenoid Meningiomas.- Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas: Conservative Surgical Management.- Temporal Bone Meningiomas.- Posterior Clinoidal Meningiomas.- Petroclival and Upper Clival Meningiomas I: An Overview of Surgical Approaches.- Petroclival and Upper Clival Meningiomas II: Anterior Transpetrosal Approach.- Petroclival and Upper Clival Meningiomas III: Combined Anterior and Posterior Approach.- Petrous Meningiomas I: An Overview.- Petrous Meningiomas II: Ventral, Posterior and Superior Subtypes.- Foramen Magnum Meningiomas.- Cerebellar Convexity Meningiomas.- Tentorial Meningiomas.- Torcular, Transverse, and Sigmoid Sinus Meningiomas.- Falcotentorial and Pineal Region Meningiomas.- Intraventricular Meningiomas.- Jugular Foramen Meningiomas I.- Jugular Foramen Meningiomas II: An Otologist's Approach, Perspective, and Experience.- Spinal Meningiomas.- Miscellaneous.- Pediatric Meningiomas.- NF2/Multiple Meningiomas.- Peritumoral Edema.- Primary Ectopic Meningiomas.- Management of Arterial Encasement by Intracranial Meningiomas.- Venous Reconstruction in the Management of Intracranial Meningiomas.- Dural Reconstruction in Meningioma Surgery.