title: Epidural dumbbell-shaped chordoma mimicking a neurinoma.
abstract: The authors present a case of cervical chordoma which manifested in a 5-year-old boy as a dumbbell-shaped epidural tumor without bone destruction. Both CT and MRI demonstrated tumor features suggesting this diagnosis, which was confirmed by histology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karakida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakakouji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed