title: An intradural skull base chordoma presenting with acute intratumoral hemorrhage.
abstract: We present a rare case of skull base chordoma of extraosseous intradural type that presented as acute intratumoral hemorrhage. Surgical removal of the tumor was accomplished using a skull base approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uda
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takami
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery