Pelvic/Sacral Chondrosarcoma with Brain Metastasis: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chondrosarcomas are cartilaginous tumors primarily known for metastasizing to the lungs and bones. Their spread to the central nervous system is infrequent.

Case presentation

We present the case of a 32-year-old woman with a history of pelvic/sacral grade III chondrosarcoma (L4-S2; T3N0MX; Ki67; 30%), who underwent surgical resection and radiotherapy. She presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of thunderclap headache accompanied by fever and chills. Computed axial tomography (CT) scan revealed a left occipital intraparenchymal lesion, subsequently confirmed as suggestive of a neoplastic lesion on magnetic resonance imaging. Ten days after admission, she experienced a two-minute generalized tonic-clonic seizure episode, followed by postictal s

SUBMITTER: Herran-Fonseca C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611304 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature