About the Book
Section I: Basic Principles
1 Anatomy of the Sellar and Parasellar Region
Luigi Maria Cavallo, Domenico Solari, Alessandro Villa, Teresa Somma, Paolo Cappabianca
2 Imaging of the Sellar Region
Raymond Y. Huang, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr
3 Pituitary Physiology and Endocrinology
Miriam Padilla, John Carmichael
4 Pathology and Molecular Biology of the Pituitary Region
M. Beatriz S. Lopes
5 The Direct Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach to the Pituitary Gland
Gabriel Zada, Joshua Lucas, Edward Laws
6 Transcranial and Skull Base Surgical Approaches to the Sellar and Parasellar Region
Ian F. Dunn, Arthur L. Day
7 Radiosurgery of the Sellar and Parasellar Region
Robert M. Starke, Ching-Jen Chen, Dale Ding, Jason Sheehan
Section II: The Normal Pituitary Gland
8 The Normal Pituitary Gland
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
Section III: Pituitary Hyperplasia
9 Pituitary Hyperplasia
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
Section IV: Pituitary Adenomas
10 Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
11 Prolactinomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
12 Somatotroph (GH) Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
13 Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
14 Silent Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
15 Thyrotroph (TSH) Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
16 Gonadotroph Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
17 Pituitary Apoplexy
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
18 Atypical Pituitary Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
19 Pituitary Carcinoma
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
20 Ectopic Pituitary Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
Section V: Craniopharyngiomas and Other Epithelial Cystic Lesions of the Sellar Region
21 Craniopharyngioma
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
22 Rathke Cleft Cyst
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
23 Xanthogranuloma of the Sellar Region
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
24 Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
25 Sellar Region Arachnoid Cyst
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
26 Sellar Region Epidermoid and Dermoid Cysts
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
27 Colloid Cyst of the Sellar Region
Gabriel Zada, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Srinivasan Mukundan Jr, Edward Laws
Section VI: Other Neoplasms of the Anterior Skull Base, Sellar, and Parasellar Regions
28 Meningioma
Gabriel
About the Author:
Gabriel Zada, MD, MS
Department of Neurological Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
1975 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
gzada@usc.edu
M. Beatriz S. Lopes, MD, PhD Department of Pathology (Neuropathology)
University of Virginia School of Medicine
1215 Lee Street, Room 3060-HEP
Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
msl2e@virginia.edu
Srinivasan Mukundan, Jr, PhD, MD
Department of Radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115 USA
smukundan@partners.org
Edward Laws, Jr, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
15 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115, USA
elaws@partners.org