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Surgery for Supratentorial Mass

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The supratentorial space consists of the all of the cerebral hemispheres and is divided from the infratentorial space by the tentorium (see Chap. 21). Two-thirds of all adult central nervous system (CNS) tumors occur here [1–3]. In children, about one-third of CNS tumors occur here. Common tumors in adults are gliomas (45–50%), medulloblastoma, meningiomas, ependymomas, pituitary adenomas, and primary CNS lymphomas. By far the most common brain tumors are ­metastases, notably lung cancer, breast cancer, and malignant melanoma. Fifty percent of patients with metastasis have multiple lesions and up to 50% of patients with cancer have brain metastases. However, only a small proportion of patients with brain metastases undergo neurosurgical treatment. Primary brain tumors rarely metastasize outside the CNS.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Georg Neuloh

  2. Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA

    Antoun Koht

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  1. Director, Neurosurg Anes Fellowship Prog, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesia, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Antoun Koht

  2. Univ of Colorado School of Medicine, Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Tod B. Sloan

  3. Director,, Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    J. Richard Toleikis

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Neuloh, G., Koht, A. (2012). Surgery for Supratentorial Mass. In: Koht, A., Sloan, T., Toleikis, J. (eds) Monitoring the Nervous System for Anesthesiologists and Other Health Care Professionals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0308-1_20

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