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Cavernous sinus meningioma (CSM) presents a management challenge to present-day neurosurgeons as a result of the early involvement of neurovascular structures, the lack of clear tissue planes, and a high rate of surgery-related morbidity. With improvements in surgical techniques, standard treatments have shifted from aggressive microsurgical resection to instead maximal safe resection and use of adjuvant radiotherapy if necessary. As a result, patients generally achieve a better functional outcome. This chapter presents and discusses the current treatment algorithm employed by the authors and the importance of multimodality management for optimal outcome in patients with CSM.

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This chapter was adapted from a previous work by the senior author [17, 28, 58]. We thank Kristin Kraus, MSc, our medical editor, for her contribution to manuscript editing.

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Couldwell, W.T., Raheja, A. (2022). Cavernous Sinus Meningioma. In: Youssef, A.S. (eds) Contemporary Skull Base Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99321-4_23

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