
Arachnoid Cysts
Epidemiology, Biology, and Neuroimaging
Description
Key Features
- Gives a detailed account of all pathophysiological aspects of arachnoid cysts
- Covers epidemiology, etiology, biology, genetics and molecular biology and neuroimaging of arachnoid cysts
- Discusses present controversies in cyst management in a historical perspective
- Provides information of use to researchers, residents, and clinical practitioners in clinical neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, and pediatrics
Readership
Researchers, clinical practitioners, and residents in clinical neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, and neuroradiology
Table of Contents
1. Historical perspective and controversial aspects.
Biological aspects
2. Arachnoid cysts - intracranial locations, gender, and sidedness
3. Molecular biology and genetics
4. Arachnoid cysts in glutaric aciduria type I (GA-I)
5. Ultrastructure of arachnoid cysts
6. Pathophysiology of intracranial arachnoid cysts: Hypoperfusion of adjacent cortex
7. Biochemistry – compostion of and possible mechanisms for production of arachnoid cyst fluid
8. The ‘Valve Mechanism’Prevalence and natural history of arachnoid cysts
9. The prevalence of intracranial arachnoid cysts
10. Classification and location of arachnoid cysts
11. Growth and disappearance of arachnoid cysts
12. Arachnoid cysts and subdural and intracystic haematomas
13. Hydrocephalus associated with arachnoid cystsNeuroimaging
14. Radiological work-up, CT, MRI
15. Arachnoid cyst. Prenatal detection, management and perinatal outcome
16. SPECT studies in patients with arachnoid cysts
Product details
- No. of pages: 238
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: September 27, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128099339
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128099322