title: Hypothalamic chordoma. Case report.
abstract: The case is reported of a 51-year-old woman found to have a hypothalamic mass with the histological features typical of chordoma. This represents the first description of a chordoma arising within the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Commins
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molleston
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vollmer
mesh_terms: D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged