title: Cystic chondroma arising from the falx cerebri: a case study with review of literature.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman was presented with an 1-year history of headache, double vision and left hand and foot paresthesia. Clinical and CT findings were evaluated malignant. During the operation a solid mass attached to the falx cerebri was found. Pathological examination showed a chondroma with large central cystic degeneration. Our review of the literature revealed only 9 cases of falcine chondroma up to now, excluding ours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ustün
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paksoy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kilicarslan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor