Many thanks to readers who have pointed out errors. Please notify me of any errors you find (big or small, I will correct them - but I may not post the more minor ones here).
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Darvocet (posted 3/19/11)
Darvocet has been withdrawn from the U/S/ market, and is being phased out over Europe. All references to Darvocet should be deleted, and use of this drug is not recommended.
Page iii
A major omission - I neglected to credit Ali Baaj, M.D. for his critical contribution to the chapter on Moyamoya disease. My deepest apologies, Ali!
Page 380Page 212
Under Booking the case for ventricular access device,
• Item 4A should read:
"procedure: surgery to insert a tube into the fluid space within the brain (ventricle) which is connected to a port under the skin so that fluids can be removed or injected (usually medication)"
• Item 4C should read:
• Item 4A should read:
"procedure: surgery to insert a tube into the fluid space within the brain (ventricle) which is connected to a port under the skin so that fluids can be removed or injected (usually medication)"
• Item 4B should read:
"alternatives: sometimes fluid can be removed and medication can be injected using a lumbar puncture (spinal tap). The effectiveness of this may not be the same as the operation being discussed here"
• Item 4C should read:
"complications: infection, suboptimal position which might require re-operation, subdural hematoma, bleeding in the brain, this is a mechanical device and may eventually fail (break, block up…) and need repair/replacement"
Page 366 (posted 3/19/11)
Change the text: "(target lesion) targets on T2WI" to "(target lesion) on T2WI "
"percutaneous needle biopsy for I&D…" should read "percutaneous needle biopsy for C&S…" Also, can be done by neurosurgeon or interventional radiologist
Page 616
In the third row of column one of Table 21-24, the grade should be grade III and the text should therefore read:
"Anaplastic meningioma (WHO grade III)"
Page 641
The abbreviation GCT (for "granular cell tumor") is mistyped as "GTC" in several locations on the page.
Page 713 posted 3/19/11
The text "8:1 (in juvenile form)" should read "8:1 (no gender difference in juvenile form)".
Page 741
The caption to Table 21-84 should read:
"diagnosis requires: 1 A & B, or 1A or 1B and 2A, 2B, or 2C"
Page 861
In the legend to Table 27-14, "Items A-C" should read "Items 1-3".
Page 983
Eliminate the last bulleted item on the page under Management of documented BCVI that reads
"• Grade II-V: simultaneously the steps above"
Page 1079
Table 30-14: under "family history", the text in the second column that reads "aneurysms of aneurysmal SAH" should be "aneurysms or aneurysmal SAH"
Page 1130
The heading "Surgical considerations" should be inserted between the end of item #4 (4. patients with hydrocephalus…) and the start of the next item #1 (1. send specimens (hematoma…) as shown here:
4. patients with hydrocephalus: ventricular catheter (if no coagulopathy). Caution: do not overdrain to avoid upward cerebellar herniation (see page 285). Most cases with hydrocephalus also require evacuation of the clot
SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
1. send specimens (hematoma, abnormal looking tangle of blood vessels if present, and possibly biopsy walls of hematoma cavity) to pathology for analysis134 (to rule-out tumor, AVM, amyloid angiopathy…)
