Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare type of

cartilaginous Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue. In tetrapods, it covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints as articular cartilage, and is a structural component of many body parts including the rib cage, the neck and ...

tumor A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...

. Rarely occur in the skull or skull base. Most cases are characterised by

GRM1 The glutamate receptor, metabotropic 1, also known as GRM1, is a human gene which encodes the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1) protein. Function L- glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system a ...

gene fusion or promoter swapping. It can be associated with a translocation at t(1;5)(p13;p13).

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Osseous and chondromatous neoplasia {{neoplasm-stub