Because of the topographic and pathophysiologic information obtained with contemporary neuroimaging techniques, CT and MR scanning now constitute the most important investigation in clinical neurology. In many instances of mass lesions, the images provide a reliable or near-definitive diagnosis, and make possible the accurate and even selective acquisition of biopsy samples.
For pathologists and neuropathologists rendering a brain biopsy service, a basic knowledge of CT and MR scanning is now mandatory, and the objective of this atlas is to present the principles of neuroimaging through clinicopathological correlation.
It contains a wide range of clinical material, with over 600 CT and MR images correlated with over 400 full-colour pathomorphological micrographs. A full discussion of differential diagnosis is complemented by extensive references.
Although aimed mainly at pathologists in neurosurgical practice, the atlas will also benefit neurosurgeons and radiologists, especially those in training.

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1 Introduction to neuroimaging, diagnostic approach, smear technique and principles.- 2 Lesions of the scalp and skull.- 3 Supratentorial extraparenchymal and meningocerebral lesions.- 4 Supratentorial parenchymal and intraventricular mass lesions.- 5 Lesions of the sella and suprasellar space.- 6 Extraparenchymal, meningocerebral, parenchymal and ventricular lesions of the posterior fossa and craniocervical junction.- 7 Lesions of spine and cord.