title: Metastatic carcinoma of breast or a chordoma? A case report and clinical perspectives.
abstract: We present a case of chordoma in a patient who had been previously treated for ductal carcinoma of the breast. The initial clinical findings and radiological studies suggested a possibility of metastases. However, the findings also adhered to the classical presentations and findings of the chordoma of the base of skull. It was only after the surgical resection and immunohistochemical confirmation that the diagnosis of chordoma could be established. Here, we discuss chordoma with the analysis of our clinical intrigue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Charles University Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech; Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK, .
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Odrazka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery