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Published in: Child's Nervous System 9/2003

01-09-2003 | Case Report

Intracranial mesenchymal chondrosarcoma with osteoid formation: report of a pediatric case

Authors: M. La Spina, C. Dollo, F. Giangaspero, P. Bertolini, G. Russo

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 9/2003

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Abstract

Case report

We present a case of a 14-year-old girl with a 3-week history of severe progressive headache and intermittent vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a large intensely enhancing mass, which seemed to arise from the right side of the cerebral fossa with implant base in the inferior face of the tentorium and significant mass effect on the nearby structures. A presumptive preoperative diagnosis of meningioma was made. Subtotal surgical resection was performed using the occipital approach. Histologically the neoplasms had the classic features of a mesenchymal chondrosarcoma associated with the focal presence of osteoid matrix.

Discussion

Clinical features, therapeutic approaches and prognosis of this rare tumour are discussed with regard to the known 30 cases in the literature.
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Metadata
Title
Intracranial mesenchymal chondrosarcoma with osteoid formation: report of a pediatric case
Authors
M. La Spina
C. Dollo
F. Giangaspero
P. Bertolini
G. Russo
Publication date
01-09-2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 9/2003
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0727-z

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