Original Article

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.

Fountas KN, Stamatiou S, Barbanis S, Kourtopoulos H. Intracranial falxchondroma: literature review and a case report. ClinNeurolNeurosurg 2008;110(1):8-13.

Erdogan S, Zorludemir S, Erman T, Akgul E, Ergin M, Ildan F, Bagdatoglu H. Chondromas of the falxcerebri,and dural convexity: report of two cases and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 2006;80(1):21-5.

Ustün MO, Paksoy N, Kilicarslan B. Cystic chondroma arising from the falxcerebri: a case study with review of literature. ClinNeuropathol 1997;16(1):27-9.

Colpan E, Attar A, Erekul S, Arasil E. Convexity duralchondroma: a case report and review of the literature. J ClinNeurosci2003;10(1):106-8.

Nakayama M, Nagayama T, Hirano H, Oyoshi T, Kuratsu J. Giant chondroma arising from the dura mater of the convexity. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 2001;94(2):331-4.

Kretzschmar HA, Eggert HR, Beck U, Fürmaier R. Intracranial chondroma. Case report. SurgNeurol 1989;32(2):121-5.

Patel A, Munthali L, Bodi I. Giant cystic intracranial chondroma of the falx with review of literature. Neuropathology 2009;29(3):315-7.

Traflet RF, Babaria AR, Barolat G, Doan HT, Gonzalez C, Mishkin MM. Intracranial chondroma in a patient with Ollier's disease. Case report. J Neurosurg 1989;70(2):274-6.

Krayenbuhl H, Yasargil MG. Chondromas. In:Krayenbuhl H, Maspes PE, Sweet WH, editors. Progressin Neurological Surgery.Vol. 6. Basel: Karger Publishers;1975. p. 435-63.

Matz S, Israeli Y, Shalit MN, Cohen ML. Computedtomography in intracranial supratentorialosteochondroma. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1981;5(1):109-15.

De Coene B, Gilliard C, Grandin C, Nisolle JF, Trigaux JP, Lahdou JB. Unusual location of an intracranial chondroma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997;18(3):573-5.

Lacerte D, Gagné F, Copty M. Intracranial chondroma. Report of two cases and review of the literature. Can J NeurolSci 1996;23(2):132-7.

Kurt E, Beute GN, Sluzewski M, van Rooij WJ, Teepen JL. Giant chondroma of the falx. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 1996;85(6):1161-4.

Files
IssueVol 50, No 3 (2012) QRcode
SectionOriginal Article(s)
Keywords
Chondroma Skull Falx Neoplasms Benign

Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
How to Cite
1.
Abbasi A, Azmoudeh Ardalan F, Miri SM, Shahriarian S, Tajik F. Chondroma of Falx: Case Report of a Rare Condition. Acta Med Iran. 1;50(3):222-224.