Journal of Pathology and Disease Biology

Intracranial falcine chondroma: A case report and review of literature

International Conference on Pathology and Surgical Pathology
September 06-07, 2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland

Ahmed A S Elhakeem and Abd Elhakeem Essa

Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Scientific Tracks Abstracts : J Pathol Dis Biol

Abstract:

Chondroma is a benign cartilaginous tumor that usually occurs in extremities but occasionally occurs in brain. Usually intracranial chondromas originated from base of skull, but chondroma of falx is a rare circumstance. Indeed, the intracranial chondromas of the falx is mostly associated with syndromic disorders such as Maffucci’s syndrome or Ollier’s syndrome. Here, we reported a rare case of falcine chondroma in a 19 years old man who has normal physical examination and no signs of any syndromic disorder. The imaging findings are non-specific, and the diagnosis was made on histopathological examination. The aim of this paper was to raise attention about chondromas and suggest that chondroma must be ruled out in any patient complain of masses arising from falx.

Biography:

Ahmed A S Elhakeem is working as a lecturer at the Department of Pathology of Assiut University in Egypt. His professional affiliation entails being a member of International society of Neuropathology, Egyptian society of Pathology and Egyptian society of progenitor cell research. He excels in the subspecialty of Neuropathology with over 10 years of experience in diagnosis of brain and spinal lesions. His research interest also covers cancer stem cells.

E-mail: ahmad.elhakeem2011@yahoo.com

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