Low cervical chordoma: report of two cases with documentation by computed tomography and review of the literature.
Chordoma is a slow-growing neoplasm of the axial skeleton. Two cases of lower cervical chordoma are reported, along with a review. Despite combined high voltage radiation therapy and radical surgery chordoma invariably recurs, producing bone erosion and destruction of vital contiguous structures with resulting high morbidity and mortality rates. Computed tomography appears very useful in detecting the early soft tissue involvement and assessing the adequacy of therapy of this spinal malignancy.
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