title: Intradural cerebellar chordoma in a child: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: METHODS
  The authors describe an unusual case of an intradural cerebellar chordoma, the first such case to be reported in a child. A 9-year-old girl presented with headaches and papilloedema, and a discrete cerebellar mass was resected, which was shown histologically to be chordoma. There was no bony or dural association, and after radiologically proven complete resection it was elected that the child be followed expectantly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The case is compared with the few previously reported intradural chordomas, and insights into the origins and management of such cases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. grdow@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Graham R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Dow
authors.forename: D Keith
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaspan
authors.forename: Jonathan A G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Punt
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002817:Chordoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins; D007633:Keratins