INTRACRANIAL EXTRA-SKELETAL MESENCHYMAL CHONDROSARCOMA

Authors

  • Nadeem Reyaz
  • Muhammad Ashraf

Abstract

Intracranial Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma is a very rare and uncommon entity that affects youngadults. We came across one such patient who presented with severe headache and intermittentnausea and vomiting. The clinical, radiological preoperative diagnosis was a meningioma, onhistological examination it turned out to be mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of tentorial region inposterior fossa, uncommon site for this entity.Keywords: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, Tentorium, Meningioma

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Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2006): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

Section

CASE REPORT

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