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.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium. joyce.steenberghs@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Joyce
J
Steenberghs
Carlotte
C
Kiekens
Johan
J
Menten
Jan
J
Monstrey
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