Intracranial chondroma: a rare entity

Intracranial chondroma is a rare benign cartilaginous tumour with an incidence of less than 1% of all primary intracranial tumours. The authors are reporting here a case of intracranial chondroma in a 40-year-old man who presented with 5-month history of headache and gradual diminution of vision. A...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2011-05, Vol.2011 (may10 1), p.bcr0320114047-bcr0320114047
Main Authors: Maheshwari, Veena, Mehdi, Ghazala, Varshney, Manoranjan, Jain, Anshu, Vashishtha, Sonal, Gaur, Kavita, Srivastava, Vinod Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asia
Brain Neoplasms - complications
Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - surgery
Calcification
Chondroma - complications
Chondroma - diagnosis
Chondroma - pathology
Chondroma - surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Headache - etiology
Humans
Indian Sub-Continent
Male
Medical imaging
Tumors
Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury
Vision Disorders - etiology
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Summary:Intracranial chondroma is a rare benign cartilaginous tumour with an incidence of less than 1% of all primary intracranial tumours. The authors are reporting here a case of intracranial chondroma in a 40-year-old man who presented with 5-month history of headache and gradual diminution of vision. A tentative diagnosis of chondroma was made on imprint cytology which was confirmed on histopathological examination.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.03.2011.4047