title: MRI of cranial chordomas: the value of gadolinium.
abstract: Two intracranial chordomas are presented: a typical chordoma and a chondroid tumour. MRI with gadolinium showed different enhancement patterns, which may be related to pathological findings. The value of differentiating the two types of chordoma lies in their very different prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, CHRU Bretonneau, Tours, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leproux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Toffol
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aesch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cotty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C050823:gadolinium 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetate