Source
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, La Timone, Marseille, France. didier.scavarda@ap-hm.fr
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To describe a rare case of tumoral cervical chondrocalcinosis that appeared 28 years after the patient had undergone suboccipital craniotomy.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION:
A 42-year-old woman suffered from cervicalgia associated with a firm mass at the occipitocervical region. Plain x-ray and computed tomographic and magnetic resonance images revealed a calcified lesion in a scar from a previous suboccipital craniotomy.
INTERVENTION:
The patient underwent tumorectomy and histopathology, which revealed an exuberant tumoral chondrocalcinosis. Laboratory test results revealed no secondary cause for the chondrocalcinosis.
CONCLUSION:
Identification of chondrocalcinosis beyond the cervical region is very rare. Localization of chondrocalcinosis in a scar from a previous suboccipital craniotomy has not been previously reported. Surgery appears to be the treatment of choice for this form of chondrocalcinosis.