Background Endoscopic skull‐base surgery (ESBS) is employed in the management of
diverse skull‐base pathologies. Paralleling the increased utilization of ESBS, the literature in …

Charged particle beams are ideal for treating skull base and cervical spine tumors: dose can
be focused in the target, while achieving significant sparing of the brain, brain stem, cervical …

Pituitary adenomas are the most common cause of a mass in the sella. In as many as 9% of
cases, other etiologies are responsible for mass lesions in the sellar region54, 131 (Table …

Intracranial chordoma is a locally aggressive and relatively rare tumor of the skull base that
is thought to originate from embryonic remnants of the primitive notochord. Both computed …

Simple Summary Primary skull base chondrosarcomas (SBCs) may carry significant tumor-
burden by causing severe cranial nerve neuropathies. Current treatment strategies mainly …

Skull base chordomas account for less than 0.2% and chondrosarcomas for less than 0.15%
of all intracranial tumors. Although their clinical and imaging presentations are similar, they …

From a clinical-radiologic standpoint, there are a limited number of structures and disease
entities in the temporal bone with which one must be familiar in order to proficiently interpret …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Chordoma and chondrosarcoma of the skull base are rare
tumors with overlapping presentations and anatomic imaging features but different …

Abstract Purpose of Review Chordoma are rare tumours of the axial skeleton which occur
most often at the base of the skull and in the sacrum. Although chordoma are generally slow …

Brain plasticity is the potential of the nervous system to reshape itself during ontogeny,
learning or following injuries. The first part of this article reviews the pathophysiological …