Chondromyxoid fibroma

Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare type of cartilaginous tumor.[1] Rarely occur in the skull or skull base.[2]

Chondromyxoid fibroma
SpecialtyOncology

Most cases are characterised by GRM1 gene fusion or promoter swapping.[3] It can be associated with a translocation at t(1;5)(p13;p13).[4]

References
  1. Hakan T, Vardar Aker F (July 2008). "Chondromyxoid fibroma of frontal bone: a case report and review of the literature". Turk Neurosurg. 18 (3): 249–53. PMID 18814113.
  2. Thompson AL, Bharatha A, Aviv RI, Nedzelski J, Chen J, Bilbao JM, Wong J, Saad R, Symons SP (July 2009). "Chondromyoid fibroma of the mastoid facial nerve canal mimicking a facial nerve schwannoma". Laryngoscope. 119 (7): 1380–1383. doi:10.1002/lary.20486. PMID 19507235. S2CID 34800452.
  3. Nord KH, Lilljebjörn H, Vezzi F, et al. (2014). "GRM1 is upregulated through gene fusion and promoter swapping in chondromyxoid fibroma". Nat Genet. 46 (5): 474–7. doi:10.1038/ng.2927. hdl:1887/104849. PMID 24658000. S2CID 20990305.
  4. Armah HB, McGough RL, Goodman MA, et al. (2007). "Chondromyxoid fibroma of rib with a novel chromosomal translocation: a report of four additional cases at unusual sites". Diagn Pathol. 2: 44. doi:10.1186/1746-1596-2-44. PMC 2203974. PMID 18036245.
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