UNCOMMON CAUSES OF STROKE

Most strokes are attributed to atherosclerosis of neck and intracranial arteries, brain embolism from the heart, and penetrating artery disease; these are discussed in detail in many other books. This compendium fills an important niche by providing authoritative discussions on the other, less common causes of stroke, including various forms of angiitis, coagulation disorders, infective, paraneoplastic and metabolic disorders that may be associated with stroke, and a number of rare syndromes such as Eales disease and Fabry’s disease. This new edition contains detailed, up-to-date information about the nature, diagnosis, and treatment of those relatively uncommon types of cerebrovascular disease that cause strokes. It is therefore a unique scientific and clinical resource that provides a useful reference to help physicians diagnose and treat stroke patients who do not fit well into the usual clinical categories. New chapters include stroke in patients with Lyme disease, scleroderma, Cogan’s syndrome, Chaga’s disease, and HIV.

• Fully updated and modernized new edition • Emphasizes effective diagnosis and management • Comprehensive - most complete reference on rare forms of cerebrovascular disease

Contents

Part I. Infectious and Inflammatory Conditions; Part II. Hereditary and Genetic Conditions and Malformations; Part III. Vascular Conditions of the Eyes, Ears, and Brain; Part IV. Disorders Involving Abnormal Coagulation; Part V. Systemic Disorders that Also Involve the Cerebrovasacular System; Part VI. Non-inflammatory Disorders of the Arterial Wall; Part VII. Venous Occlusive Conditions; Part VIII. Vasospastic Conditions and other Miscellaneous Vasculopathies; Part IX. Other Miscellaneous Conditions.

Review

Review from the first edition: ' … stands alone as a readable text … There is no doubt in my mind that this is a book worth having. I would recommend buying a personal copy and predict that it will become a standard text to be found in all departmental libraries.' Neuroradiology

Contributors

Mathieu Zuber, A. Wesley Thevathasan, Stephen M. Davis, Matthias Bischof, Ralf W. Baumgartner, Yukito Shinohara, Hans-Christoph Diener, Tobias Kurth, Larry E. Davis, Glenn D. Graham, Sarosh M. Katrak, Daniel B. Hier, Louis R. Caplan, Oscar H. Del Brutto, John J. Halperin, Emre Kumral, Olukemi F. Ajayi, Barney J. Stern, Jonathan Lipton, Michael J. Rivkin, Ayrton Roberto Massaro, Vivian U. Fritz, Alan Bryer, Julien Morier, Patrik Michel, Hugues Chabriat, Marie Germaine Bousser, Panayiotis Mitsias, Nikolaos I. H. Papamitsakis, Colum F. Amory, Steven R. Levine, Luís Cunha, Chin-Sang Chung, E. Steve Roach, Irena Anselm, N. Paul Rosman, Lorenz Hirt, E. Jorge Vidaurre, Khaled Zamel; Amir R. Dehdashti, Luca Regli, Taro Kaibara, Roberto C. Heros, Taro Kaibara, Roberto C. Heros, Philippe Metellus, Siddharth Kharkar, Doris Lin, Sumit Kapoor, Daniele Rigamonti, Krassen Nedeltchev, Heinrich P. Mattle, John Menkes, Stephen D. Reck, Jonathan D. Trobe, Valérie Biousse, Marc D. Reichhart, Isabel Lestro Henriques, Julien Bogousslavsky, Joanna C. Jen, Robert W. Baloh, Olivier Calvetti, Valérie Biousse, Jose F. Roldan, Robin L. Brey, Robert J. Schwartzman, Monisha Kumar, Dana Védy, Marc Schapira, Anne Angelillo-Scherrer, Jorge Moncayo-Gaete, Sean I. Savitz, Marc D. Reichhart, Reto Meuli, Renaud Du Pasquier, Manu Mehdiratta, Nancy Futrell, Elayna O. Rubens, Sean I. Savitz, John F. Dashe, Philip B. Gorelick, Michael A. Sloan, John C. M. Brust, Rogelio Leira, Antonio Dávalos, José Castillo, Oriana Cornett-Thompson, Daniel M. Rosenbaum, Michael A. De Georgia, David Z. Rose, Bernhard Neundörfer, Rima M. Dafer, José Biller, Alfredo M. Lopez-Yunez, Bhuwan P. Garg, Jacques L. De Reuck, Jan L. De Bleecker, Rima M. Dafer, Betsy B. Love, Engin Y. Yilmaz, Natan M. Bornstein, Alexander Y. Gur, Elayna O. Rubens, Marcel Arnold, Mathias Sturzenegger, Charlotte Cordonnier, Didier Leys, Harold P. Adams, Jr., Patricia Davis, Michael Hennerici, Sean I. Savitz, Cyrus K. Dastur, Steven C. Cramer, Manu Mehdiratta, Sandeep Kumar, Magdy Selim, Aneesh B. Singhal, Walter J. Koroshetz, Louis R. Caplan, Kathleen B. Digre, Michael Varner, Sean I. Savitz, Elayna O. Rubens