Giant chondrosarcoma of the falx in an adolescent: A case report.

Autor: Kessler RA; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States., Saade M; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States., Chapman EK; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States., Feng R; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States., Naidich TP; Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, United States., Fowkes ME; Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, United States., Bederson JB; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States., Morgenstern PF; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Surgical neurology international [Surg Neurol Int] 2021 Apr 08; Vol. 12, pp. 137. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 08 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.25259/SNI_898_2020
Abstrakt: Background: Intracranial chondrosarcomas are slowly growing malignant cartilaginous tumors that are especially rare in adolescents.
Case Description: A 19-year-old woman with no medical history presented with symptoms of intermittent facial twitching and progressive generalized weakness for 6 months. The patient's physical examination was unremarkable. Imaging revealed a large bifrontal mass arising from the falx cerebri, with significant compression of both cerebral hemispheres and downward displacement of the corpus callosum. The patient underwent a bifrontal craniotomy for gross total resection of tumor. Neuropathologic examination revealed a bland cartilaginous lesion most consistent with low-grade chondrosarcoma. Her postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged to home on postoperative day 3.
Conclusion: This is an unusual case of an extra-axial, non-skull base, low-grade chondrosarcoma presenting as facial spasm in an adolescent patient.
Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE