title: Transoral approach to tumors of the clivus: report of two cases.
abstract: A transoral approach was used in 2 patients with tumors of the clivus, chordoma, and fibrochondro-chordosarcoma. Choice of the approach was based on data provided by craniofacial examination, radiographic examinations, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomographic scans, and vertebral angiography, all of which suggested tumor involving the oropharynx and nasopharynx, with destruction of the clivus bone structure. This report demonstrates the feasibility of the transoral approach.
authors.affiliation: The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Makhmudov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tcherekayev
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Tanyashin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002817:Chordoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*