title: Intradural cervical chordoma. Case report.
abstract: We describe a rare case of an intradural spinal chordoma. Only two cases have been previously reported and it is the second case diagnosed with MRI. A 65-year-old man presented with progressive disturbance of gait and weakness in the lower extremities. MRI revealed a intradural C6-C7 isointense mass, on T1- and T2-weighted images. The lesion enhanced after injection of gadolinium. The lesion was totally removed without difficulty by a C6-D1 laminectomy. Microscopic examination of the tumor revealed a chordoma. This is the third case in the literature of an intradural spinal chordoma. The appearance of this tumor with MRI may be similar to the chordomas of other locations.
authors.affiliation: Service of Neurosurgery, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelabert-González
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pintos-Martínez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caparrini-Escondrillas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez-Rumbo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery