Erschienen in:
03.08.2017 | Case Report
Chordoma arising from benign multifocal notochordal tumors
verfasst von:
Abdulrehman Arain, Francis John Hornicek, Joseph H. Schwab, Ivan Chebib, Timothy A. Damron
Erschienen in:
Skeletal Radiology
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Ausgabe 12/2017
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Abstract
This case reports a 25-year-old woman initially diagnosed with adjacent benign notochordal cell tumors (BNCTs) of L3 and L4 based on needle biopsy of L3 and stable imaging over a 3-year period who was ultimately found to have a chordoma arising from a BNCT at L3. It illustrates the potential relationship between benign and malignant notochordal tumors and the difficulty in distinguishing them by clinical, radiological, and even histopathological means.