title: A lumbar chordoma treated with a wide resection.
abstract: Chordomas are rare skeletal tumors arising from the embryonic remains of the notochord [18, 30]. These tumors tend to appear in midline regions, particularly at the upper and lower extremities of the spinal column. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with radicular compression associated with an L3 chordoma that was treated with a wide resection.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología B. Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Espinosa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*