Intracranial Chondroma Involving the Cerebellopontine Angle

48‐Year‐Old Woman with A Cerebellopontine Angle Mass

“…The only effective treatment appears to be surgical removal. Mostly subtotal removal only is possible due to the encroachment of the tumor on contiguous structures . In the present case tumor was not completely excised due to widespread involvement.…”

“…Intracranial chondromas usually arise at the skull base from embryonic chondrocytic cell remnants or from meninges from metaplastic meningeal fibroblasts . Less commonly they originate from the cerebral parenchyma . Only a few reports describe a chondroma at the CP angle .…”

“…Less commonly they originate from the cerebral parenchyma . Only a few reports describe a chondroma at the CP angle . Histogenesis of these lesions at the CP angle or within the brain parenchyma is not clear.…”

“…Clinically they present according to their site of involvement. Tumors of the hemispheres produce seizures, hemiparesis and language dysfunction whereas tumors at the base are most likely to produce visual symptoms .…”

Chondroma of the Cerebellopontine Angle: A Case Report

“…Rarely they occur below the tentorium in the cerebellopontine angle. 5 Only very few cases of CPA chondroma have been reported. We present a new case of cerebellopontine angle chondroma and report the histological, CT and MRI appearance of the tumour.…”