Tumors of the Sacrum (eBook)

1. Pietro Ruggieri, MD PhD Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology University of Padova, Italy 2. Andrea Angelini, MD,PhD Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology University of Padova, Italy 3. Daniel Vanel, MD Department of Pathology   Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy 4. Piero Picci, MD Laboratory of Experimental Oncology Musculoskeletal Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

PART 1:           GENERAL ASPECTS1)                  Surgical Anatomy of the Sacrum2)                  Clinic and Neurologic Manifestations of Sacral Lesions3)                  Epidemiology4)                  Diagnostic Imaging5)                  Staging and biopsy6)                  Histopathology PART 2:           BENIGN LESIONS7)                Giant cell tumor8)                Osteoblastoma9)                Osteoid osteoma10)              Aneurysmal bone cyst11)              Scwannoma12)              Exostosis13)              Hemangioma14)              Other benign rare entities PART 3:           MALIGNANT LESIONS15)              Metastasis16)              Chordoma17)              Osteosarcoma18)              Ewing’s Sarcoma19)              Myeloma20)              Lymphoma21)              Condrosarcoma22)              Other malignant rare entities PART 4:           TREATMENTS23)              Surgical Approaches to the Sacrum24)              Partial and total sacrectomy25)              Sacral Biomechanics and Reconstruction          26)              Soft tissue reconstruction after sacral surgery27)              Embolization of Sacral Lesions28)              Radiation Therapy of Sacral Neoplasms