title: Cervical chordoma with vertebral artery encasement mimicking neurofibroma: MRI findings.
abstract: A case of cervical chordoma in a 36-year-old white man with hypoesthesia in the neck and right shoulder, neck pain, and restricted neck mobility is presented. Plain radiographs of the cervical spine showed radiolucency of the body of C2 on the right side and enlargement of the right intervertebral foramen at C2-C3 level. Tumor encasement of the vertebral artery was demonstrated by MR imaging and confirmed by conventional arteriography. This proved to be particularly important for preoperative assessment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mortelé
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemmerling
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mortelé
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verstraete
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Defreyne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunnen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vandekerckhove
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*