Intradural chordoma without bone involvement. Case report and review of the literature.
Chordomas are most commonly of extradural origin and associated with bone destruction. The authors describe a rare case of an intradural chordoma. To the best of their knowledge, this is the first case in which multiple lesions were found intradurally without bone involvement; the lesions were disseminated through the thoracolumbosacral spinal cord and extended into the paraspinal muscles, and metastatic lesions in the cervical cord were also present.
Steenberghs
Joyce
J
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium. joyce.steenberghs@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Kiekens
Carlotte
C
Menten
Johan
J
Monstrey
Jan
J
D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed