title: [The chordoma. Description of 2 clinical cases and results of oncolytic chemotherapy].
abstract: Only seven hundred cases of chordoma approximatively are reported in medical literature from 1850 to date. We now describe two cases recently observed at our Medical Division, one of sacro-coccigeal chordoma and the other developed from clivus of Blumenbach. Their peculiarities are briefly discussed and compared with a rapid revision of the literature on this argument. The results of antiblastic therapy are presented and its opportunity in addition to Roentgenologic and surgical therapy is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002817:Chordoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003050:Coccyx; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010440:Peptichemio / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012447:Sacrum
chemical_list: D008466:Mechlorethamine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D010440:Peptichemio
vernacular_title: Il cordoma. Descrizione di due casi clinici e risultati della chemioterapia oncolitica.