Full Description
This book offers a clinical and surgical overview on congenital brain malformations, which are abnormalities that occur during fetal development, leading to brain defects and disorders. The fetal brain begins to develop shortly after conception and continues to grow throughout pregnancy. This book covers the various congenital brain malformations, their aetiologies and development, diagnosis and management including possible surgical interventions and details of these procedures.
Since many of these disorders are rare, they do not have a final cure and their management is important - their consequences on the physical, psychological and developmental condition of the patient are great. This book is of interest to pediatric surgeons and neurologists.
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction to the congenial brain anomalies.- Chapter 2 The epidemiology of the congenital brain anomalies.- Chapter 3 The diagnosis of congenital brain anomalies.- Chapter 4 Anencephaly.- Chapter 5 Encephalocele.- Chapter 6 Chiari malformation.- Chapter 7 Porencephalies.- Chapter 8 Septo-optic dysplasia.- Chapter 9 Pituitary maldevelopment.- Chapter 10 Posterior fossa malformation.- Chapter 11 Microcephaly.- Chapter 12 Megalencephaly and Hemimegalencephaly.- Chapter 13 Neurocutaneous syndromes.- Chapter 14 Schizencephaly.- Chapter 15 Lissencephaly.- Chapter 16 Heterotopias.- Chapter 17 Polymicrogyria.- Chapter 18 Encephaloclastic Lesions of the Central Nervous System.- Chapter 19 Cerebral palsy.- Chapter 20 Congenital brain malformations in the Arab world.
