title: An intracranial chondroma with intratumoral hemorrhage: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 55-year-old female presented to the emergency room with a complaint of aphasia. Her initial brain computed tomography scan showed an intracranial hemorrhage in the left frontal area. After surgery, histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a chondroma. Intradural chondroma is a rare, slow growing, benign intracranial neoplasm, but is even rarer in combination with an intratumoral hemorrhage. Chondromas are generally avascular cartilaginous lesions. Our case was thought to be caused by the rupture of abnormally weak vessels derived from the friable tumor. Intradural chondromas may be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial tumors with acute hemorrhages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sin-Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jeun
keywords: Chondroma; Intracranial chondroma; Intradural chondroma; Intratumoral hemorrhage; Tumor bleeding