PART 1 TUMORS OF THE BRAIN

SECTION 1 NEOPLASMS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Plain Roentgenography of Skull

Technique of Examination of Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Interpretation of Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Roentgen Technique for Pneumoencephalography

Interpretation of Pneumoencephalograms

Authors＇ Material

Statistics

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalograms

CHAPTER 2 PATHOLOGY OF BRAIN TUMORS

Glioblastoma Multiforme

Astrocytoma

Medulloblastoma

Oligodendroglioma

Ependymoma

Pineal Tumor

The Adenomas of the Pituitary Gland

Meningioma

Perineurial Fibroblastoma of the Acoustic Nerve

Congenital Tumors

Craniopharyngeal Duct Tumor

Epidermoid and Dermoid Tumors

Other Tumors Growing within the Intracranial Cavity

Blood Vessel Tumors

Choroid Plexus Papilloma

Crania Tumors Involving the Brain

CHAPTER 3 FRONTAL LOBE TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Deformities

Truncated Deformity

Anterior Bending

＂Silver Fork＂Deformity

Concave Deformity

Lateral Ventricles in Frontal Astrocytoma

Lateral Ventricles in Frontal Glioblastoma Multiforme

Lateral Ventricles in Frontal Oligodendroglima

Lateral Ventricles in Frontal Meningioma

Lateral Ventricles in Miscellaneous Frontal Lobe Tumors

Septum Pellucidum

Third Ventricle

Aqueduct of Sylvius

Fourth Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns

Subarachnoid Sulci

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 4 PARIETAL LOBE TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Septum Pellucidum

Third Ventricle

Aqueduct of Sylvius

Fourth Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Cerebral Sulci

Parietotemporal Tumors

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 5 OCCIPITAL LOBE TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns

Temporo-occipital Tumors

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 6 TEMPORAL LOBE TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Septum Pellucidum

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Tumors of the Hippocampus

Subtemporal Meningioma

Tumors of the Gasserian Ganglion

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 7 PARASAGITTAL TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Septum Pellucidum

Third Ventricle

Aqueduct of Sylvius

Fourth Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Bilateral Parasagittal Tumors

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 8 MENINGIOMAS OF THE OLFACTORY GROOVE，TUBERCULUM SELLAE，SPHENOID WINGS AND SYLVIAN FISSURE

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material－Olfactory Groove Meningiomas

Introduction

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

Meningiomas of the Sphenoid Wing

Introduction

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

Meningiomas of the Tuberculum Sellae

Introduction

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

Meningiomas of the Sylvian Fissure

Introduction

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

CHAPTER 9 TUMORS OF THE OPTIC NERVES AND CHIASM

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

Rare Tumors in the Region of the Optic Chiasm

CHAPTER 10 PITUITARY ADENOMAS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of the Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 11 CRANIOPHARYNGIOMAS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of the Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

CHAPTER 12 TUMORS OF THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE THIRD VENTRICLE

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Differential Diagnosis

Summary

CHAPTER 13 TUMORS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA AND THALAMUS

Introduction

Literature

Illustrative Cases

CHAPTER 14 PINEAL TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 15 TUMORS OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Comment

Differential Diagnosis

Summary

CHAPTER 16 LATERAL VENTRICLE TUMORS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 17 TUMORS OF THE PEDUNCLES AND PONS

Introduction－Tumors of the Peduncles

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricles

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Summary

Introduction－Tumors of the Pons Varolii

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 18 TUMORS OF THE POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Medulloblastoma

Astrocytoma

Hemangioblastoma

Miscellaneous Cerebellar Tumors

Pneumoencephalography

Medulloblastoma

Astrocytoma

Hemangioblastoma

Miscellaneous Cerebellar Tumors

Lindau＇s Disease

Summary

Differential Diagnosis

Acoustic Nerve Tumors

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

Herniation of the Brain

Tumors of the Medulla Oblongata

CHAPTER 19 METASTATIC TUMORS

Introduction

Illustrative Cases

Neuroblastoma

SECTION 2 NON-NEOPLASTIC TUMORS

CHAPTER 20 CHRONIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMA

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Chronic Calcified or Ossified Subdural Hematoma

Relapsing Juvenile Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Chronic Subdural Hematoma (Usual type)

pneumoencephalography

Lateral Ventricles

Third Ventricle

Subarachnoid Cisterns and Sulci

Cerebral Subdural Gas

Discussion

Summary

Subdural Hydroma

Extradural Hematoma

CHAPTER 21 BRAIN ABSCESS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Frontal Lobe Abscess

Temporal Lobe Abscess

Abscesses in Miscellaneous Locations

Summary

CHAPTER 22 SYPHILIS OF THE BRAIN

Introduction

Literature

Illustrative Case

CHAPTER 23 VASCULAR ANOMALIES OF THE BRAIN

Introduction

Literature

Illustrative Cases

CHAPTER 24 INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

CHAPTER 25 CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AND THROMBOSIS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Summary

PART 2 NON-TUMOROUS LESIONS OF THE BRAIN

CHAPTER 26 LESIONS OF THE SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM

Congenital Absence

Perforations of the Septum Pellucidum

Congenital Single Lateral Ventricle

Cysts of the Cavum Septi Pellucidi and Cavum Vergae

Tumors of the Septum Pellucidum

CHAPTER 27 LESIONS OF THE AQUEDUCT OF SYLVIUS

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

Discussion

CHAPTER 28 SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOCEPHALUS

Introduction

Literature

Illustrative Case

CHAPTER 29 CEREBRAL ATROPHY

Introduction

Congenital Atrophy or Hypoplasia

Microcephaly

Cerebro-ponto-cerebellar Atrophy

Birth Injuries

Cerebral Hemiatrophy

Posttraumatic Cerebral Atrophy

Porencephaly

Cerebral Atrophy of Unknown Origin (Pick＇s Disease；Alzheimer＇s Disease)

Cerebral Atrophy Due to Arteriosclerosis

BasalGanglia Disease

Schilder＇s Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Summary

Epilepsy

CHAPTER 30 AGENESIS OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM

Introduction

Discussion

Illustrative Cases

CHAPTER 31 PLATYBASIA，ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION，MENINGOENCEPHALOCELE AND CRANIOLACUNIA

Platybasia

Introduction

Literature

Illustrative Cases

Arnold-Chiari Malformation

Meningoencephalocele

Craniolacunia (Lückenschadel)

CHAPTER 32 CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS；AMAUROTIC FAMILY IDIOCY

Congenital Hydrocephalus

Amaurotic Family Idiocy (Tay-Sachs Disease)

CHAPTER 33 OPTIC CHIASM AND POSTERIOR FOSSA ARACHNOIDITIS

Optic Chiasm Arachnoiditis

Posterior Fossa Arachnoiditis

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

Syringobulbia

CHAPTER 34 SEROUS MENINGITIS

Introduction

Authors＇ Material

Differential Diagnosis

CHAPTER 35 ENCEPHALITIS，ENCEPHALOPATHIES AND RARE INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Encephalitis

Introduction

Literature

Authors＇ Material

Plain Roengenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary

Post-infectious Encephalopathy

Plain Roentgenograms of Skull

Pneumoencephalography

Summary