JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES-TURKISH, vol.28, no.4, pp.614-618, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Intracranial chondroid tumors are consist of less than 0.16% of all primary brain neoplasms. They are classified as mesenchymal, classic and myxoid according to their cytoarchitecture. They usually arise at the skull base from the cartilaginous synchondroses and the pluripotent mesenchymal cells of the overlying dura mater.