title: A rare giant intracranial osteochondroma.
abstract: Osteochondroma is the most common benign bone tumor. However, intracranial osteochondroma is very rare, which usually arises from the skull base. Origination from the dura and falx occurs only in sporadical cases. To our knowledge, only twelve cases have been reported in English literature. We report a case of giant osteochondroma from the falx cerebri causing external compression on the brain. Radiographic findings, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging manifestation with histologic correlation are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wen-Chiung
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jiing-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lirng
authors.forename: Donald Ming-Tak
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Feng-Chi
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shing-Su
authors.forename: Chao-Buo
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Michael Mu-Huo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Cheng-Yen
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed