title: [An unusual cranial vault tumor: the chondromyxoid fibroma].
abstract: Chondromyxoid fibroma is an uncommon benign bone tumor of cartilaginous origin. It is often located in long bone metaphysis. We report a case involving the left frontotemporal cranial vault in a 44-year-old woman. Fifteen cranial vault cases have been reported in the international literature. Surgical resection of the lesion with tumor-free margins is the key factor to cure it and avoid local recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101 avenue Henry-Barbusse, Clamart, France. olive.barbier@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barbier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Freude
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blondet
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Goasgen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Soultrait
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed