Primary and Secondary Brain Stem Lesions

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cerebral Mass Displacements. Part I: Cisternal Hernia in Intracranial Tumours in the Computer Tomogram.
• Materials and Methods.
• Results.
• Influence of Tumour Location on Alterations of the Cisterns.
• 1. Tumours of the Frontal Lobe.
• 2. Tumours of the Temporal Lobe.
• 3. Tumours of the Parietal Lobe.
• 4. Tumours of the Occipital Lobe.
• 5. Tumours of the Basal Ganglia.
• 6. Tumours of the Posterior Cranial Fossa.
• 7. Occlusive Hydrocephalus.
• Discussion.
• References.
• Cerebral Mass Displacements. Part II: Clinical Findings in Primary and Secondary Brain Stem Lesions.
• Patients and Methods.
• 1. Individual Parameters and Their Combinations.
• 2. Progress Investigations.
• 3. Summary.
• Acute Direct and Indirect Lesions of the Brain Stem — CT Findings and Their Clinical Evaluation.
• Summary.
• Material and Methods.
• 1. Supratentorial Lesions.
• 2. Infratentorial Lesions.
• 3. Direct Changes in the Brain Stem.
• 4. Indirect Secondary Infarcts of the Brain Stem and Other Regions.
• Discussion of the Indirect Secondary Infarcts.
• Electrically Elicited Blink Reflex and Early Acoustic Evoked Potentials in Circumscribed and Diffuse Brain Stem Lesions.
• 1. Introduction and Objectives.
• 2. Historical Review.
• 3. Materials and Methods.
• 4. Results.
• 5. Summary.
• Blood Flow in Brain Structures During Increased ICP.
• 1. Blood Flow Measurement.
• 2. Experimental Protocol.
• 1. Control Values.
• 2. Effect of ICP upon Systemic Measurements.
• 3. Macroscopic Changes.
• 4. rCBF in the Initial Phase of ICP Increase.
• 5. Effect of ICP upon Regional CBF.
• 6. Influence of ABP.
• Acknowledgements.
• Biomathematics of Intracranial CSF and Haemodynamics. Simulation andAnalysis with the Aid of a Mathematical Model.
• Model Equations.
• 1. Intracranial System.
• 2. Cardiovascular Components.
• 3. Baroreceptor Feedback Control.
• 4. Disturbance of Central Regulation.
• 5. Space Occupying Lesions.
• Stability, Model Validation and Simulation Technique.
• Model Applications.
• 1. Intracranial Pulse Pressure Relationship and Haemodynamics.
• 2. Volume Pressure Test and Haemodynamics.
• 3. Parameter Estimation.
• 4. Rhythmic Phenomena.