This book was a perfect guide for me when I needed it most. Being diagnosed with a brain tumor has got to be one of the most daunting things a human can be faced with. On top of the shock, you'll quickly realize that the medical community can be a frustrating and inefficient entity to deal with while you're trying to make the most important decisions of your life. This book tells you how to take the bull by the horns and navigate through the murky waters of bureaucratic red tape. I followed the book's advice on keeping a folder with all my medical records and I took it to every appointment. While I was laying on a gurney waiting for an angiogram, a potentially dangerous procedure, I asked why it was taking so long to get started. The doctor said the hospital had misplaced my MRIs. I said that I had a copy on CD in my bag (something Dr. Zeltzer says everyone should do). His eyes popped open wide and he actually used my CD for the procedure. The nurse later told me that no one had ever done that. The book put me in control at a time when decisions like choosing the right doctors were literally a mater of life or death. My benign tumor has been removed for two and a half years and my life is very normal. I will never forget what this book meant to me.
Author(s): Paul M. Zeltzer
Publisher: Shilysca Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Commentary: +OCR
Pages: 337
Contents......Page 8
Series Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
1. Normal Tissue......Page 20
2. Gliosis......Page 23
3. Recurrent High-Grade Glioma with Radiation Changes......Page 25
4. Low-Grade Astrocytoma......Page 29
5. Anaplastic Astrocytoma......Page 32
6. Glioneronal Tumor with Neuropil-Like Islands......Page 35
7. Glioblastoma Multiforme......Page 38
8. Gemistocytic Astrocytoma......Page 41
9. Granular Cell Glioblastoma......Page 44
10. Giant Cell Glioblastoma......Page 47
11. Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma......Page 50
12. Gliosarcoma......Page 53
13. Small Cell Glioblastoma......Page 56
14. Epithelioid Glioblastoma......Page 59
15. Gliomatosis Cerebri......Page 62
16. Pilocytic Astrocytoma......Page 64
17. Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma......Page 68
18. Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma......Page 71
19. Low-Grade Oligodendroglioma......Page 74
20. Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma......Page 78
21. Low-Grade Oligoastrocytoma (Low-Grade Mixed Glioma)......Page 81
22. Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma (Anaplastic Mixed Glioma)......Page 84
23. Glioblastoma with Oligodendroglioma Component......Page 86
24. Subependymoma......Page 89
25. Myxopapillary Ependymoma......Page 92
26. Ependymoma......Page 95
27. Anaplastic Ependymoma......Page 99
28. Tanycytic Ependymoma......Page 103
29. Clear Cell Ependymoma......Page 106
30. Choroid Plexus Papilloma......Page 110
31. Atypical Choroid Plexus Papilloma......Page 113
32. Choroid Plexus Carcinoma......Page 116
33. Chordoid Glioma......Page 119
34. Angiocentric glioma......Page 122
35. Astroblastoma......Page 125
36. Dysplastic Cerebellar Gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos Disease)......Page 127
37. Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma/Ganglioglioma......Page 129
38. Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor......Page 133
39. Ganglioglioma......Page 136
40. Anaplastic Ganglioglioma......Page 139
41. Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor......Page 142
42. Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor of the Fourth Ventricle......Page 144
43. Central Neurocytoma......Page 147
44. Atypical Neurocytoma......Page 150
45. Extraventricular Neurocytoma......Page 153
46. Paraganglioma......Page 156
47. Pineocytoma......Page 159
48. Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation......Page 162
49. Pineoblastoma......Page 165
50. Yolk Sac Tumor of the Pineal Gland......Page 167
51. Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor......Page 169
52. Classic Medulloblastoma......Page 172
53. Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma......Page 175
54. Medulloblastoma with Extensive Nodularity......Page 178
55. Anaplastic Medulloblastoma......Page 180
56. Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor......Page 183
57. Embryonal Tumor with Abundant Neuropil and True Rosettes......Page 187
58. Schwannoma with Ancient Change......Page 190
59. Neurofibroma......Page 193
60. Perineurioma......Page 196
61. Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor......Page 199
62. Cellular Schwannoma......Page 202
63. Melanotic Schwannoma......Page 205
64. Fibrous Meningioma......Page 209
65. Ectopic Meningioma......Page 212
66. Clear Cell Meningioma......Page 214
67. Chordoid Meningioma......Page 217
68. Papillary Meningioma......Page 220
69. Rhabdoid Meningioma......Page 223
70. Brain-Invasive Meningioma......Page 226
71. Atypical Meningioma......Page 228
72. Anaplastic Meningioma......Page 230
73. Angiomatous Meningioma......Page 233
74. Hemangiopericytoma......Page 236
75. Solitary Fibrous Tumor......Page 240
76. Primary Sarcoma of the Central Nervous System......Page 243
77. Meningioangiomatosis......Page 247
78. Hemangioblastoma......Page 250
79. Meningeal Melanocytoma......Page 253
80. Malignant Melanoma......Page 256
81. Lymphoma with First Presentation as Spinal Cord Compression......Page 259
82. Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma......Page 263
83. Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder......Page 266
84. Plasmacytoma......Page 270
85. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis......Page 273
86. Intravascular Lymphomatosis (Angiotropic Large Cell Lymphoma)......Page 276
87. Germinoma......Page 279
88. Pineal Teratoma......Page 281
89. Cystic Craniopharyngioma......Page 284
90. Papillary Craniopharyngioma......Page 287
91. Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Gland......Page 290
92. Pituicytoma......Page 292
93. Pituitary Adenoma with Apoplexy......Page 295
94. Pituitary Adenoma in an Ectopic Site......Page 299
95. Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of Lung......Page 301
96. Leukemic Involvement of the Central Nervous System......Page 304
97. Chordoma......Page 307
98. Metastatic Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid......Page 310
99. Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis......Page 313
100. Dural Carcinomatosis......Page 315
101. Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma......Page 318
A......Page 322
B......Page 323
C......Page 324
D......Page 326
E......Page 327
G......Page 328
H......Page 329
L......Page 330
M......Page 331
P......Page 333
S......Page 335
T......Page 336
Y......Page 337
