Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor of Metastatic Brain Tumor from Cardiac Chondrosarcoma : A Case Report

Primary chondrosarcoma of the heart and its metastasis to the brain is extremely rare. We describe the case of a patient who underwent resection of cardiac chon-drosarcoma only to relapse with brain metastasis two years later. MR images showed that these metastatic tumors were slightly hypointense relative to the brain on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images. The masses were highly enhanced. Peritumoral edema appeared less extensive and the focal cystic portion was seen within the mass, corresponding to myxoid degeneration.