title: [Recurrential paralysis as the first manifestation of chordoma of the petrous apex].
abstract: We report the case of a 67-year-old woman with paralysis of the right recurrent nerve. Imaging studies showed a mass in the right petrous apex and jugular foramen. Surgery was performed using a lateral approach to the skull base. The tumor excised from the petrous apex was a chondroid chordoma. Chordomas are rare dysontogenic neoplasms that arise from notochord remnants, generally on the midline. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of tumors of the skull base.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital Gran Vía, Castellón, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giménez Vaíllo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cano Cuenca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lázaro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pérez Climent
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García Roig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aldasoro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002817:Chordoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Parálisis recurrencial como primera manifestación de cordoma del peñasco.