Cranial and intracranial cartilaginous tumours

Berkmen, Yahya M.; Blatt, Ethyl S.

doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(68)80019-4

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“…13 Basal chondromas have been believed to originate from embryonic crests of chondrogenic cells along baseline syndesmoses. 2,[20][21][22][23] It is also thought that sellar chondromas may develop from fibroblasts in the diaphragma sellae. 5,15 Embryonic cartilaginous rests from the base of the skull might be misplaced in the developmental stage.…”

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Giant Chondroma of the Saddle Area: Case Report and Literature Review*

Qiu

Zhu

Wang

et al. 2013

Neuro-Ophthalmology

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A 63-year-old man presented with sexual dysfunction of 6-year duration, 5-year history of bilateral vision loss, and left nasal obstruction for 3 years. Brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a large mass lesion in the saddle area and extending upward to the dorsum sellae, bilateral cavernous sinus, and suprasellar region, and down into the sphenoid sinus and nasal cavity; the optic nerves and optic chiasm were elevated upward and compressed. Endocrine tests indicated that all serum level of anterior pituitary hormones decreased. The preoperative diagnosis included invasive pituitary adenoma, chordoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and craniopharyngioma. The tumour was subtotally removed through transsphenoidal approach. Histopathology examination revealed a chondroma. Postoperatively, the patient was stable and his visual acuity and visual field defect improved and his pituitary function return to normal except for hypothyroidism.

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Giant Chondroma of the Saddle Area: Case Report and Literature Review*

Qiu

Zhu

Wang

et al. 2013

Neuro-Ophthalmology

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“…Osteochondroma tumor masses grow more slowly than other suprasellar tumors such as chondrosarcoma, metastatic tumors, meningioma, craniopharyngioma, or chordoma 21,33) and usually do not show clinical symptoms until they become large enough to induce mass effects. [2][3][4][28][29][30][31]33) Osteochondromas can cause symptomatic complications via mechanical irritation of the cranial nerves, soft tissue compression, vascular injury, and fracture. 17) The specific symptomatology depends on tumor localization, and the range of symptoms is wide.…”

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“…[2][3][4][28][29][30][31]33) Osteochondroma can occur as a solitary lesion, or as part of Ollier disease (multiple polysystemic enchondromatosis) or Maffuci's syndrome (multiple enchondromatosis associated with soft tissue angiomas). 4,22) Intracranial osteochondroma is a benign tumor considered to originate from the residual primordial cartilaginous cranium that replaces the spheno-petrosal, spheno-occipital, or petro-occipital synchondrosis during development, [2][3][4]14,15,20,22,26,28,30) and occurs as a cartilage-capped bony protrusion on the external surface bones. 7,11,16,19) Radiography shows intracranial osteochondroma as a welldemarcated, lobulated, dense mass that continues to the underlying bone.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][28][29][30][31]33) Intracranial osteochondromas are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all intracranial space-occupying lesions, 4,12) and can arise from the skull base, convexity, and other intracranial regions. [2][3][4]6,[12][13][14][15][19][20][21][22]25,26,[28][29][30][31] The vast majority of intracranial osteochondromas occur at the base of the skull and can be categorized into three groups: sellar turcica osteochondroma, parasellar osteochondroma, and clival osteochondroma. [2][3][4]14,15,20,22,26,28,30) Here we describe an unusual case of sellar turcica osteochondroma mimicking hemorrhagic pituitary adenoma.…”

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“…[2][3][4]6,[12][13][14][15][19][20][21][22]25,26,[28][29][30][31] The vast majority of intracranial osteochondromas occur at the base of the skull and can be categorized into three groups: sellar turcica osteochondroma, parasellar osteochondroma, and clival osteochondroma. [2][3][4]14,15,20,22,26,28,30) Here we describe an unusual case of sellar turcica osteochondroma mimicking hemorrhagic pituitary adenoma.…”

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Osteochondroma of the Sella Turcica Presenting With Intratumoral Hemorrhage -Case Report-

Inoue

Takahashi

Murakami

et al. 2009

Neurol. Med. Chir.(Tokyo)

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A 29-year-old man presented with a primary sellar turcica osteochondroma manifesting as intratumoral hemorrhage mimicking pituitary apoplexy. The patient suffered sudden onset of headache concomitant with vision loss in the left eye. Radiography and computed tomography detected destruction and calcification of the sellar turcica. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a heterogeneously enhanced suprasellar mass that had elevated and compressed the optic chiasm. The preoperative diagnosis was hemorrhagic pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma, meningioma, or chordoma based on the signal heterogeneity of the lesion. To relieve the symptoms and make a definitive diagnosis, surgical removal via a basal interhemispheric approach was carried out. The tumor was not totally removed because of tight adhesion to the pituitary stalk, but postoperative ophthalmological examination revealed improvement of the visual disturbance. The histological diagnosis was osteochondroma based on the presence of mature chondrocytes and osteomatous tissue. Osteochondroma should be included in the differential diagnosis of tumors with acute hemorrhage in the sella turcica.

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