Maffucci's syndrome with bilateral cartilaginous tumors of the cerebellopontine angle

Neurosurgery. 1990 Oct;27(4):625-8. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199010000-00020.

Abstract

Maffucci's syndrome is characterized by the combination of multiple enchondromas (Ollier's disease) and hemangiomatosis. These hemangiomas develop in the subcutaneous tissue and form red-blue tumors dispersed over the whole body. Intracranial involvement is rare, making a preoperative radiological diagnosis and differentiation from other tumors rather difficult. The radiological characteristics and successful removal of the intracranial part of a chondrosarcoma of the cerebellopontine angle in a case of Maffucci's syndrome are reported in this paper.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebellopontine Angle
  • Chondrosarcoma / complications*
  • Chondrosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Chondrosarcoma / surgery
  • Enchondromatosis / complications*
  • Enchondromatosis / pathology
  • Hand / diagnostic imaging
  • Hand / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Skull / pathology
  • Skull Neoplasms / complications*
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skull Neoplasms / surgery