title: Unusual presentation of petro-clival chondrosarcoma: short report.
abstract: Skull base chondrosarcoma is a rare neoplasm. Our patient presented with acute onset of diplopia along with symptoms of lower cranial nerve palsies in 1997. She showed complete resolution of symptoms following a short course of antibiotics and remained quiescent for three years. However, remission of symptoms in chondrosarcoma is unusual. An unusual case of a patient with petroclival low grade chondrosarcoma, who presented with relapse of symptoms after three years and was treated with surgery and radiotherapy, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Satyarthee
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D035301:Cranial Fossa, Middle / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods