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Cervical vertebral chordoma – a case report

Alen Sekelj ; Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Josip Benčević General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Davorin Đanić ; Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Josip Benčević General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Irena Pirkl ; Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Josip Benčević General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Abstract

Chordoma is a very rare primary tumor of bone and the only malignant tumor arising from the remains of the notochord (chorda dorsalis) upon regression of this embryogenic structure. Chordoma is typically localized along the midline, and classified into craniocervical, vertebral and sacrococcygeal groups according to its localization. Chordoma is characterized by slow growth, late clinical presentation, destruction of the adjacent vital structures, and high rate of metastasizing, mostly to the bone, liver and brain. A case of cervical vertebral body chordoma with retropharyngeal and cervical expansion is presented as a rare manifestation of the head and neck chordoma. Definitive diagnosis was made by tumor histopathology and immunohistochemistry.

Keywords

chordoma; cervical vertebra

Hrčak ID:

281594

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281594

Publication date:

20.12.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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