Chordoma of the cervical spine. Case report.
We present a case of chordoma of cervical spine with spinal cord compression at the level C4-C5-C6 in a woman of 65 years old. The diagnosis depends on the results of the histological studies and especially the studies of the labeled elements as protein S 100. For the operation was used an anterior approach and a somatectomy of the interested vertebrae. The cervical spine was synthesized using a bone autograft and the stabilization was made possible through a HaloVest. The patient then underwent radiotherapy (50 Gy); the preoperative deficit disappeared totally and at the present moment there are no signs of clinical on radiological relapse.
Division of Neurosurgery, S. Michele Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
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Coraddu
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Floris
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Nurchi
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Rachele
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Marrosu
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Todde
D000368:Aged; D002817:Chordoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed