@article{1484708,
      recid = {1484708},
      author = {Turgut, Mehmet and Guo, Fuyou. and Turgut, Ahmet Tuncay.  and Behari, Sanjay.},
      title = {Incidental findings of the nervous system /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2023},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {Written and edited by leading international authorities in  the field, this book provides an in-depth review of  knowledge of the incidental findings of the nervous system,  with emphasis on asymptomatic brain and spinal lesions that  have the potential to cause illness. It includes very  informative chapters, organized into four main groups:  first, incidental findings of the brain and cranium,  including intracranial, intraventricular and skull base  lesions, infarcts and calcification; secondly, incidental  findings of the spine and spinal cord, including spinal  cord tumors, syringomyelia, arteriovenous malformations and  craniovertebral junction anomalies; thirdly, incidental  findings of the spinal nerves and peripheral nerves,  including tumors of the plexi and peripheral nerves; and  fourthly, other lesions, including acquired incidental  lesions of the brain and spine as well as the medicolegal  and psychiatric aspects related to these lesions. The  uniqueness of this compilation lies in the fact that  several abnormalities exist in the nervous system that have  the potential to cause life threatening illness; yet  because they are asymptomatic and incidental, this leads to  major management dilemmas related to whether or not to  surgically the lesion. The proponents of an early surgical  management subscribe to the philosophy that getting rid of  an entity earlier on when it is asymptomatic, leads to an  early cure and obviates any risk of it becoming aggressive  and incurable later on; those opting for a wait and watch  policy subscribe to the view that no intervention (as well  as subjecting the patient to the risk of surgery) is  mandated until the lesion becomes symptomatic. This may  subject a person to a lifetime of anxiety related to how  that lesion is going to evolve, when in all likelihood, the  subject may remain asymptomatic throughout his/her life.  The psychological aspects of the patient who is extremely  disturbed by the presence of this incidental lesion; and,  who cannot adjust to the reality that the treating doctor  actually does not have a well-defined plan for it, are  issues that are adequately addressed with clinical  illustrations and examples. This comprehensive reference  book will be an ideal source for neuroscientists at all  levels, from graduate students to researchers in specific  disciplines studying this region, including neurosurgeons,  neurologists, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists and  psychiatrists, who seek both basic and more advanced  information regarding the incidental findings of the  nervous system.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1484708},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42595-0},
}