6 Posttreatment Appearance Following Skull Base Therapy Adam A. Dmytriw, John A. Rutka, Arjun Sahgal, Eugene Yu, and Peter Som 6.1 Introduction Skull base tumors present a treatment challenge due…
5 Open and Endoscopic Approaches to the Sinonasal Cavity and Skull Base Nidal Muhanna, Christopher J. Chin, Allan D. Vescan, and John R. de Almeida 5.1 Introduction Surgical access to…
4 Petroclival and Lateral Skull Base Rickin Shah, Gregory J. Basura, and Ashok Srinivasan 4.1 Surgical Anatomy of the Petroclival Region and Lateral Skull Base The petroclival region can be…
7 Neuroendovascular Procedures for Skull Base Neoplasia Adam A. Dmytriw and Aditya Bharatha 7.1 Introduction Neuroendovascular procedures in the setting of skull base neoplasia are typically performed to achieve preoperative…
Radiography Technique Projections The standard radiographic views for evaluation of the chest are the posteroanterior (PA) and lateral projections with the patient standing; such projections provide the essential requirement for…
Etiology, Prevalence, and Epidemiology Pleural effusion is the accumulation of fluid in the pleural space resulting from disruption of the homeostatic forces responsible for the movement of pleural fluid. Pleural…
The chest wall is a complex anatomic structure composed of muscles, bones, joints, and soft tissues that make up the area of the body between the neck and the abdomen….
The pleura may be affected by primary neoplasms or become involved by secondary spread of intrathoracic or extrathoracic tumors. Primary pleural tumors account for approximately 10% of all pleural neoplasms,…
Pneumothorax is the presence of air between the parietal and visceral pleura in the pleural cavity. It is caused most frequently by trauma or blunt or penetrating injury, which may…
Etiology Benign pleural thickening caused by fibrosis is the second most common pleural abnormality, the most common one being effusion. Pleural fibrosis has a number of causes and is the…
