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.
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.
Authors: Jarnail Bal; Michael Bruneau; Moncef Berhouma; Jan F Cornelius; Luigi M Cavallo; Roy T Daniel; Sebastien Froelich; Emmanuel Jouanneau; Torstein R Meling; Mahmoud Messerer; Pierre-Hugues Roche; Henry W S Schroeder; Marcos Tatagiba; Idoya Zazpe; Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos Journal: Acta Neurochir (Wien) Date: 2022-01-25 Impact factor: 2.216