**Meet the editors**

Dr. Amit Agrawal is a professor of Neurosurgery at the Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a recipient of many awards and grants for his contributions and discoveries in major areas of research. His research interests lie in pediatrics. He is the editor in chief and an editorial board member of many peer-reviewed journals, and his area of ex-

pertise credits him with many publications in national and international journals. He is committed to the highest standards of excellence, which is proven through his authorship in many books.

Dr. Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar received his MD degree from the Universidad Libre de Barranquilla, Colombia, and his degree in Neurosurgery from the Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. He spent 1 year at the Cajal Institute in Madrid, Spain, as a research fellow (2001). He is the author of several books in Spanish, *Neuroemergencias* (2012), *Neurocirugia Practi-*

*ca* (2012), *Fluidoterapia en Neurotrauma* (2015), and *Trauma Craneoencefalico* (2015) and is the leader of the Cartagena Neurotrauma Research Group and Colombian Association of Neurosurgery.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 2 Schwannomas 71**

Ahmed Rizk

Chapter 6 **Medulloblastoma 135** Asifur Rahman

**Section 3 Pediatric Perspective 105**

Chapter 1 **Current Trends in Glioblastoma Treatment 3**

Alexandru Artene and Anica Dricu

Filho and George Peter Stevens

Chapter 5 **Primary Brain Tumors in Childhood 107**

Alexander Hegarty and Yulia Furlong

Santosh Valvi and Nicholas G. Gottardo

Chapter 2 **Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma 35**

Chapter 3 **Trigeminal Schwannomas 73**

Ligia Gabriela Tataranu, Vasile Ciubotaru, Tabita Larisa Cazac, Oana Alexandru, Oana Stefana Purcaru, Daniela Elise Tache, Stefan

Breno Nery, Marcelo Nery Silva, Rodrigo Antônio Fernandes Costa, Leandro César Tângari Pereira, Eduardo Quaggio, Fred Bernardes

Chapter 4 **Vestibular Schwannoma: Microsurgery or Radiosurgery 85**

Romana Richterová and Branislav Kolarovszki

Chapter 7 **Neuropsychiatry: Aspects of Childhood Cranial Tumours 169**

**Section 1 Gliomas 1**
