title: Metastatic chordoma.
abstract: The authors present two cases of vertebral chordomas with widespread metastases. The literature is reviewed and the metastatic potential of chordomas is analysed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*