Chondroid tumors arising from the meninges--report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Chondroid tumors are rare intracranial tumors usually arising from the base of the skull. We present 2 cases of intracranial cartilaginous tumors with unusual location. In case 1, a 19-year-old woman, a chondroma of the falx cerebri with extensive secondary ossification was diagnosed. In case 2, a 3...

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Published inClinical neuropathology Vol. 23; no. 4; p. 149
Main Authors Bergmann, M, Pinz, W, Blasius, S, Lentschig, M, Ostertag, H, Neubauer, U
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 01.07.2004
Subjects
Adult
Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms - pathology
Bone Neoplasms - surgery
Chondroma - diagnostic imaging
Chondroma - pathology
Chondroma - surgery
Chondrosarcoma - diagnostic imaging
Chondrosarcoma - pathology
Chondrosarcoma - surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningeal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology
Meningeal Neoplasms - surgery
Ossification, Heterotopic - pathology
Radiography
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Summary:Chondroid tumors are rare intracranial tumors usually arising from the base of the skull. We present 2 cases of intracranial cartilaginous tumors with unusual location. In case 1, a 19-year-old woman, a chondroma of the falx cerebri with extensive secondary ossification was diagnosed. In case 2, a 30-year-old woman, a low-grade chondrosarcoma was resected from the right frontal lobe. Both patients showed an uneventful clinical course without evidence of disease 4.5 and 6 years after total extirpation. Our cases show that chondromas and low-grade chondrosarcomas of the dura and meninges usually occur in young adults with a good prognosis after complete extirpation.
ISSN:0722-5091