© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction Skull base neoplasms are known to be difficult to access and often impossible to cure;…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction After Frazier’s description of bifrontal craniotomy in 1913, Tessier and Derome developed the transbasal approach…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction Control of local disease is the critical determinant of the ultimate treatment outcome in most…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction This chapter will review the anatomy of the base of the skull as it pertains…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Chordomas and chondrosarcomas are uncommon primary bone tumors that may arise in the spine. Computed tomography…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Chordomas and chondrosarcomas are uncommon primary bone tumors with a predilection for the skull base. On…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction The differential diagnosis of clival and spinal tumors is vast and includes a variety of…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction Chordomas and chondrosarcomas are rare bone cancers. Their estimated combined annual incidence varies from 0.3…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Introduction Chondrosarcoma is a malignant cartilage-forming tumor accounting for 20% of all malignant bone tumors. Only…
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please note that the copyright for the original figures submitted by the contributors is owned by Contributors. Pathogenesis and Molecular Biology of Chordoma Chordomas are rare primary bone tumors with an annual incidence…