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BOOK REVIEWM. J. Alexander, R. F. Spetzler, Pediatric NeurovascularDisease. Surgical, Endovascular, and Medical ManagementStuttgart, Thieme, New York, 2006, 224 pp, US $149.95/ EUR 129.95Nicolas de TriboletPublished online: 5 February 2009# Springer-Verlag 2009This book is divided in three sections: I Medical andDiagnostic Evaluation and Issues, II Surgical Treatments,and III Endovascular Treatments.The first section starts with an important chapter on theDevelopment of the Cerebral Vasculature. This is wellwritten and illustrated and helps to understand the patho-genesis of cerebral vascular malformations. The nextchapter describes the congenital neurovascular syndromesin children such as Sturge-Weber, Hereditary HemorrhagicTelangiectasia, Ehlers-Danlos, Pseudoxanthoma Elasticumand Progeria. The clinical characteristics of each syndromeare clearly presented. The third chapter of this section,Etiology and Management of Stroke in Children isparticularly important and well documented with tablesand illustrations. Finally, the chapter on Neuroangiographyin children describes the technique and the possiblecomplications.The second section on surgical treatments includeschapters on Cavernous Malformations, Moyamoya Disease,cerebral aneurysms, Arteriovenous Fistulas, Spinal VascularMalformations, and AVMs. Each technique is clearlydescribed with excellent illustrations. The final chapter ofthis section addresses Radiosurgery. The third section onEndovascular Treatments includes chapters on Aneurysms,Arteriovenous Fistulas, AVMs, Vein of Galen Malforma-tions (I found this chapter particularly interesting) andSpinal Vascular Malformations. Finally, there are chapterson Thrombolysis and Angioplasty. In each chapter there are“pearls” stressing particularly important aspects of thepathology or technique. Each chapter contains a wealth ofreferences.Colour illustrations are grouped in the middle of thevolume. Although this is a textbook written by multipleauthors, experts in their respective fields its presentation isremarkably homogeneous.In the Preface, Michael Alexander insists on theimportance of the multi-modal management of thesemalformations. One misses perhaps decision trees helpingto chose and combine the various treatment modalities.This book belongs to the library of neurosurgeons andinterventional neuroradiologists both paediatric and adult.It should also be available to neuropaediatricians andpaediatricians.Acta Neurochir (2009) 151:177DOI 10.1007/s00701-008-0179-zN. de Tribolet (*)Neurosurgery, HUG,CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerlande-mail: nicolas.detribolet@unige.ch

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