Traitement des chondrosarcomes de la base du crâne

The review of the literature showed that chondrosarcomas of skull base are rare. The best outcome is achieved with total surgical resection. Medical imaging can only give clues to the diagnosis. Pathology is required to obtain a precise immunohistochemistry diagnosis. Multidisciplinary treatment using proton beam therapy and surgical removal enables a good local control (90-100%) at 5 years with good quality-of-life. It is difficult to determine how many cases have been published (around 220 cases in the literature) since many surgical or radiotherapy series included the same patients.