Thoracic chordoma: an unusual presentation of the spinal tumor.
Chordoma is an uncommon malignant bone tumor that originates from the remnants of the embryonic notochord. In most of the reported cases, chordomas occur at the skull base or in the sacrococcygeal spine but rarely in the thoracic spine. In this report, we describe a case of a large thoracic chordoma with posterior mediastinal extension in a 25-year-old woman who presented with left-hand anhydrosis. The imaging studies, pathology findings, and recent advances in treatment are discussed.
Wang
Tsai-Jung
TJ
Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shu
Shu-Hsien
SH
Lin
Chun-Wei
CW
Chen
Lung-Fang
LF
Lin
Ting-Chao
TC
Chang Chien
Hsih-Shin
HS
Chan
Kwan-Yee
KY
Lee
Ming-Yuan
MY
Wang
Yong Alison
YA
Huang
Chung-Jen
CJ
Liu
Chia-Chuan
CC
D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed