ABSTRACT
We present a case of 49-year-old women with a huge intracranial chondrosarcoma. She had suffered from severe headache, nausea, vomiting and seizures for 2 months. Neurologic examination revealed left hemiplegia and bilateral blurred optic disc margins. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a giant, heterogeneous, intensely enhancing mass of 7 x 8 x 6 cm, occupying the right parietooccipital regions parasagittal, with calcifications. A presumptive diagnosis of psammomatous meningioma or oligodendroglioma was made. The patient underwent right parieto-occipital craniotomy and total resection of the tumour. Pathologic examination revealed a chondrosarcoma. She was under regular follow-up and remained free of recurrence following surgery. In addition to the current case, we review previously reported cases of chondrosarcoma, discuss treatment strategies and outcomes
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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Brain Neoplasms/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Survival RateABSTRACT
We report a case of 47-year-old women who presented with progressive lumbalgia since 14 years, exacerbated a year previously by bilateral lumbar radicular pain, gait disturbance and urinary retention for one month. Neurological examination found spastic paraparesia and cauda equina syndrome. X-rays were normal but lumbar spinal cord magnetic resonance images showed an intraduarl extramedullary space occupying lesion. The patient underwent L2-L5 laminectomy with total removed of the lesion [cystic, solid components and wall]. Postoperatively neurological deficits recovered totally within 2 weeks. Histological examination showed a Type A neuroenteric cyst