Intracranial Intradural Chondroma: Case Report.
- Author:
Dong Hwan HAN
1
;
Min Ho KIM
;
Seung Kuan HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Intracranial intradural chondroma
- MeSH:
Chondroma*;
Female;
Humans;
Skull Base
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1993;22(3):436-441
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Solitary chondroma is a benign tumor which rarely involves the intracranial cavity. Most of them are originated from and attached to the skull base. Very rarely they occur intradurally. The authors experienced a female case of a chondrome located at fromtal interhemispheric fissure and connected to the inferior margin of the falx by a thin pedicle. Her clinical , radiologic, operative, and pathologic findings are reported and the pertinent literatures are reviewed.