An Intracranial Chondroma with Intratumoral Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
10.14791/btrt.2013.1.1.42
- Author:
Jae Hyun PARK
1
;
Sin Soo JEUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ssjeun@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Intradural chondroma;
Intracranial chondroma;
Intratumoral hemorrhage;
Tumor bleeding;
Chondroma
- MeSH:
Aphasia;
Brain;
Brain Neoplasms;
Chondroma*;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Emergencies;
Female;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Intracranial Hemorrhages;
Middle Aged;
Rupture
- From:Brain Tumor Research and Treatment
2013;1(1):42-44
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 55-year-old female presented to the emergency room with a complaint of aphasia. Her initial brain computed tomography scan showed an intracranial hemorrhage in the left frontal area. After surgery, histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a chondroma. Intradural chondroma is a rare, slow growing, benign intracranial neoplasm, but is even rarer in combination with an intratumoral hemorrhage. Chondromas are generally avascular cartilaginous lesions. Our case was thought to be caused by the rupture of abnormally weak vessels derived from the friable tumor. Intradural chondromas may be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial tumors with acute hemorrhages.
