Intracranial cystic chondroma: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Jamshed Ali¹  Akhtar Amin Memon¹  Junaid Ashraf²  Muhammad Muzaffer Uddin² 

[1] Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan;Department of Neurosurgery, Civil Hospital Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

关键词: Pakistan;    Intracranial chondroma;    Cartilaginous tumor;   

Others  :  1195163
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-6-432

 received in 2011-12-15, accepted in 2012-10-10,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Intracranial chondromas are rare benign tumors with an incidence of 0.2% to 0.3% of all intracranial tumors. This is the first case of an intracranial chondroma reported from Pakistan.

Case presentation

We report a case of a 23-year-old Asian man presenting with intracerebral chondroma of the left frontal lobe, which was eroding the dura matter. The intracranial chondroma was completely removed by surgery.

Conclusion

Intracranial chondromas are rare benign cartilaginous tumors. Through this case presentation we have discussed the diagnostic procedures, radiological and pathological findings. The purpose of presenting such a rare case is to develop awareness among clinicians and medical students and to highlight the requirement of immediate actions to ensure proper management of such cases.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Uddin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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