Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male

Serhat Avcu; Arzu Turan; Özkan Ünal; Aydın Bora

Research Article

Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male

Year 2007, Volume: 12 Issue: 1-2, 32 - 35, 20.03.2013

Serhat Avcu Arzu Turan Özkan Ünal Aydın Bora

Abstract

A 25-year-old male presented with headache. He was noted to be neurologically intact on physical examination. He had normal laboratory findings. CT and MR imaging showed a large right temporal mass. Radiological diagnosis was cartilaginous tumor arising from the skull base. The patient underwent surgery at another hospital. The histopathologic features were supporting the radiologic diagnosis being evaluated as mixoid type chondrosarcoma. Although intracranial cartillaginous tumors are rare, the diagnosis can be possible with careful radiological analysis.

Keywords

skull base , chondrosarcoma , intracranial

References

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Year 2007, Volume: 12 Issue: 1-2, 32 - 35, 20.03.2013

Serhat Avcu Arzu Turan Özkan Ünal Aydın Bora

Abstract

References

1. Berkmen YM, Blatt ES. Cranial and intracranial cartilaginous tumours. Clin Radiol 1968; 19: 327- 333.
2. Bourgouin PM, Tampieri D, Robitaille Y, et al.. Low-grade myxoid chondrosarcoma of the base of the skull: CT, MR, and histopathology. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1992; 16: 268-273.
3. Hassounah M, Al-Mefty O, Akhtar M, Jinkins JR, Fox JL. Primary cranial and intracranial chondrosarcoma. Acta Neurochir 1985; 78: 123- 132.
4. Korten AG, ter Berg HJW, Spincemaille GH, van der Laan RT, van de Wel AM. Intracranial chondrosarcoma: review of the literature and report of 15 cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 1998; 65: 88-92.
5. Cohen EK, Kressel HY, Frank TS, et al. Hyaline cartilage-origin bone and soft-tissue neoplasms: MR appearance and histologic correlation. Radiology 1988; 167: 477-481.
6. Kaim AH, Hugli R, Bonel HM and Jundt G. Chondroblastoma and clear cell chondrosarcoma: radiological and MRI characteristics with histopathological correlation. Skeletal Radiol 2002; 31: 88-95.
7. Gonzalez-Lois C, Cuevas C, Abdullah O. and Ricoy J. R. Intracranial extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: case report and review of the literature. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2002; 144: 735- 740.
8. Meyers SP, Hirsch WL Jr, Curtin HD, Barnes L, Sekhar LN, Sen C. Chondrosarcomas of the skull base: MR imaging features. Radiology 1992; 184: 103-108
9. Salcman M, Scholtz H, Kristt D, Numaguchi Y. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the falx. Neurosurgery 1992; 31: 344-348.

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Primary Language	English
Journal Section	Case Report
Authors	Serhat Avcu This is me Arzu Turan This is me Özkan Ünal This is me Aydın Bora This is me
Publication Date	March 20, 2013
Published in Issue	Year 2007 Volume: 12 Issue: 1-2

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APA	Avcu, S., Turan, A., Ünal, Ö., Bora, A. (2013). Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 12(1-2), 32-35.
AMA	Avcu S, Turan A, Ünal Ö, Bora A. Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. March 2013;12(1-2):32-35.
Chicago	Avcu, Serhat, Arzu Turan, Özkan Ünal, and Aydın Bora. “Large Chondrosarcoma of Skull Base: An Unusual Intracranial Tumor in a Young Male”. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 12, no. 1-2 (March 2013): 32-35.
EndNote	Avcu S, Turan A, Ünal Ö, Bora A (March 1, 2013) Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 12 1-2 32–35.
IEEE	S. Avcu, A. Turan, Ö. Ünal, and A. Bora, “Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male”, EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol. 12, no. 1-2, pp. 32–35, 2013.
ISNAD	Avcu, Serhat et al. “Large Chondrosarcoma of Skull Base: An Unusual Intracranial Tumor in a Young Male”. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 12/1-2 (March2013), 32-35.
JAMA	Avcu S, Turan A, Ünal Ö, Bora A. Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2013;12:32–35.
MLA	Avcu, Serhat et al. “Large Chondrosarcoma of Skull Base: An Unusual Intracranial Tumor in a Young Male”. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol. 12, no. 1-2, 2013, pp. 32-35.
Vancouver	Avcu S, Turan A, Ünal Ö, Bora A. Large chondrosarcoma of skull base: an unusual intracranial tumor in a young male. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2013;12(1-2):32-5.