Giant mediastinal chordoma.
A chordoma is a slow-growing tumor representing about 5% of all malignant bone tumors. Mediastinal chordoma is very rare. We report a giant thoracic chordoma in a 32-year-old woman who presented with chest pain, progressive dyspnea, and cough. Open biopsy confirmed a definitive preoperative diagnosis, and complete surgical excision of the tumor was accomplished.
Rahman
A M
AM
Department of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.
Farahat
Iman G
IG
Ali
Wael A
WA
Mansour
Kamal A
KA
D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*