title: [Unusual course of sacrococcygeal chordoma].
abstract: Observation of a sacrococcygeal chordoma with exceptional long survival of now 17 years after incomplete surgery with following additional resection and adjuvant radiotherapy. Local recurrence occurred after more than 10 years, metastases after 15 years.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Universitätsklinik Essen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nazemi
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lichtinger
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003050:Coccyx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012447:Sacrum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*