title: Multiple synchronous spinal extra-osseous intradural chordomas: is it a distinct entity?
abstract: Chordomas are most commonly of extradural origin and are associated with bone destruction. Extra-osseous intradural chordomas are extremely rare and most of the cases described are located near the clivus. We report an extremely rare case of multiple extra-osseous intraspinal chordomas in a 36-year-old male patient with autopsy findings. This case highlights that behaviour of spinal intradural chordomas is not universally low grade, but is variable and aggressive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, and Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow, India. deepsbadwal@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badwal
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery