Intracranial falx chondroma: literature review and a case report.
Intracranial chondromas are benign tumors that represent approximately 0.5% of all intracranial tumors. They usually occur at the base of the skull but on rare occasions might present as intra-parenchymal or intra-ventricular space-occupying lesions, most likely originating from heterotopic chondrocytes or metaplastic fibroblasts of the falx, the convexity dura, or the ventricular ependyma. Chondromas are slow-growing tumors, which remain clinically silent for a prolonged period of time in the majority of cases. Their clinical presentation is non-specific and their radiographic appearance usually does not differentiate them from their more common counterparts, such as meningiomas and glial tumors. As a result, their diagnosis has remained a histopathologic one. In our current study, we present a case of a falcine intracranial chondroma. This case provided the opportunity to extensively review the pertinent literature.
Fountas
Kostas N
KN
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larisa, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece. knfountasmd@excite.com
Stamatiou
Stavros
S
Barbanis
Sotiris
S
Kourtopoulos
Harry
H
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male