Giant intracranial osteochondroma: A case report and review of the literature.

BACKGROUND

Intracranial osteochondromas are uncommon. The majority of lesions arise from the base of the skull or from bones developed by endochondral ossification. A minority of cases are attached to the falxcerebri in the fronto parietal location.

METHODS

We report a case of a giant intracranial osteochondroma in a 24-year-old man. This patient presented with complaints of convulsions and headache. Imaging studies of the brain, gross, and histological features concluded it to be an osteochondroma.

CONCLUSIONS

This case is reported in view of extreme rarity of the lesion, and to emphasize the fact that complete surgical resection is curative.