Main description:

Management strategies and treatment guidelines from the world's leading experts

Covering tumors of the nose, sinuses, and nasopharynx for the first time in a single volume, this book is essential for all specialists. It incorporates the newest techniques for evaluation and treatment, including endoscopic approaches to the skull base, and offers a wealth of evidence-based data and analysis. For all members of the multidisciplinary health care teams who manage these complex cases, this book makes a major contribution to the field.

Special Features:

Written by three international authorities who have published and lectured widely and conducted landmark studies in this area
Covers the full range of benign and malignant nose and sinus tumors, as well as the specific nasopharyngeal tumors that are more common to certain geographic regions (Far East) and ethnic groups (Chinese origin)
Content is based on one of the largest single institutional studies ever undertaken, plus an extensive review of the international literature
Encompasses every aspect of the field, from etiology, clinical features, histology, imaging studies, and diagnosis to natural history, treatment options, outcomes, and management of residual or recurrent disease
Includes up-to-date contributions from experts on chemoradiation and head and neck imaging

With the goal of centralizing data and long-term follow-up, this comprehensive guide is invaluable for all otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, oncologists, neurosurgeons, and maxillofacial and plastic surgeons who treat patients with challenging sinonasal, skull base, and nasopharyngeal neoplasms.

Contents:

1 Introduction and Acknowledgments

2 Historical Aspects of Surgery in the Sinonasal Area

Section I A Nose and Paranasal Sinuses

3 Surgical Anatomy

4 Diagnostic Strategy

5 Imaging of the Paranasal Sinuses and Nasopharynx

Section I B Histological Types of Tumor

6 Epithelial Epidermoid Tumors

7 Epithelial Nonepidermoid Neoplasms

8 Mesenchymal Neoplasms and Other Lesions

9 Vasoform Neoplasms and Other Lesions

10 Neoplasms of Muscle

11 Cartilaginous Tumors

12 Odontogenic Tumors and Other Lesions

13 Tumors and Other Lesions of Bone

14 Lymphoreticular Neoplasia and Other Lesions

15 Neuroectodermal Lesions

16 Germ Cell Tumors

17 Metastases to the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses

18 Conditions Simulating Neoplasia and Granulomatous Disorders

19 Surgery

20 Principles and Techniques of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Tumors

21 Rehabilitation

Section II Nasopharynx

22 Anatomy and Pathologies

23 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Etiology, Screening, and Staging

24 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Diagnostic Strategies

25 Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

26 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Salvage of Residual or Recurrent Tumor