Giant intracranial osteochondroma: A case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Intracranial osteochondromas are uncommon. The majority of lesions arise from the base of the skull or from bones developed by endochondral ossification. A minority of cases are attached to the falxcerebri in the fronto parietal location. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a giant int...

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Autores principales: Venkata, Renuka Inuganti, Kakarala, Satya Varaprasad, Garikaparthi, Sailabala, Duttaluru, Seshadri Sekhar, Parvatala, Annapoorna, Chinnam, Aparna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21918733
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.84242
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Intracranial osteochondromas are uncommon. The majority of lesions arise from the base of the skull or from bones developed by endochondral ossification. A minority of cases are attached to the falxcerebri in the fronto parietal location. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a giant intracranial osteochondroma in a 24-year-old man. This patient presented with complaints of convulsions and headache. Imaging studies of the brain, gross, and histological features concluded it to be an osteochondroma. CONCLUSION: This case is reported in view of extreme rarity of the lesion, and to emphasize the fact that complete surgical resection is curative.

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