title: Giant mediastinal chordoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Iman G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Farahat
authors.forename: Wael A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Kamal A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mansour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*