title: Thoracic chordoma: an unusual presentation of the spinal tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsai-Jung
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shu-Hsien
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Chun-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Lung-Fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ting-Chao
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hsih-Shin
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chang Chien
authors.forename: Kwan-Yee
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ming-Yuan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yong Alison
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chung-Jen
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chia-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: 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