title: Chondroma of falx: case report of a rare condition.
abstract: Chondroma is a benign tumor which mostly occurs in extremities but also sometimes in brain. Most intracranial chondromas arise from skull base, but chondroma of falx origin is a rare circumstance. Indeed, the intracranial chondromas rise from falx is mostly in relation with syndromic disorders such as Mafucci's syndrome or Ollier's syndrome. Here, we reported a rare case of falxian intracranial chondroma in a young man who has normal physical examination and no signs of any syndromic disorder. The goal of this paper was to raise awareness about chondromas and suggest that chondroma be ruled out in any patient with masses arising from falx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. ata.abasi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azmoudeh Ardalan
authors.forename: Seyed Mojtaba
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Miri
authors.forename: Shahryar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shahriarian
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tajik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome