Matham Gowtham, Divakar Ganesh, Deepti A N, Thomas Bejoy, Easwer H V, Kumar Krishna
Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Department of Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2023 Jan-Mar;14(1):3-6. doi: 10.25259/JNRP-2021-8-27(1975). Epub 2022 Dec 29.
Giant cell tumors (GCTs) of the skull are rare and only a few case series with limited number of cases have been reported till date. In the cranium, GCT usually occurs in the sphenoid and temporal bone, occipital condyle GCTs are very rare. We report a rare presentation of GCT of the occipital condyle manifested as occipital condyle syndrome. Despite gross total resection, they can recur aggressively; the presence of cortical breach might be an indicator of aggressiveness prompting early post-operative imaging and adjuvant therapy.
颅骨巨细胞瘤(GCTs)较为罕见,迄今为止仅有少数包含病例数量有限的病例系列报道。在颅骨中,GCT通常发生于蝶骨和颞骨,枕髁GCT非常罕见。我们报告了一例罕见的枕髁GCT表现为枕髁综合征。尽管进行了全切除,但它们仍可能侵袭性复发;皮质破裂的存在可能是侵袭性的一个指标,提示术后早期进行影像学检查和辅助治疗。