Chondroma of the Cerebral Falx: Case Report of a Very Rare Intracranial Tumor Condroma da foice do cérebro: relato de caso de um tumor intracraniano muito raro

Chondroma is a benign cartilaginous tumor, usually arising from the small bones of hands and feet, but also been found on several sites of the body. They are rarely diagnosed inside the cranial vault, and in that case more frequently related with the skull base. Nevertheless, there are few isolated cases reports of chondromas arising from the convexity dura, falx, choroid plexus, or intraparenchymal. Because they are very rare intracranial tumors with a slow growing pattern and share imagiological similarities with meningiomas, they can be frequently mistaken, especially when are located outside the skull base. Therefore, we present a case repot of a 48-year-old woman, with a history of frontal headaches and an extraaxial mass arising from the anterior falx. Initially this tumor