Isolated Liver Metastasis of Sacrococcygeal Chordoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Chordomas are rare neoplasms arising from notochordal remnants and may develop anywhere in the body while the most common anatomic site is the sacrococcygeal area. The most effective treatment of chordoma is surgery. Chordomas rarely metastasize to lung, bone, soft tissue, liver, lymph nodes, and sk...

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Autores principales: Akyol, Murat, Varol, Umut, Yildiz, Ibrahim, Bayoglu, Ibrahim Vedat, Yildiz, Yasar, Demir, Lutfiye, Dirican, Ahmet, Can, Alper, Cokmert, Suna, Oztop, Mine Tunakan, Alacacioglu, Ahmet, Kucukzeybek, Yuksel, Tarhan, Mustafa Oktay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/826584
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Sumario:Chordomas are rare neoplasms arising from notochordal remnants and may develop anywhere in the body while the most common anatomic site is the sacrococcygeal area. The most effective treatment of chordoma is surgery. Chordomas rarely metastasize to lung, bone, soft tissue, liver, lymph nodes, and skin. However, there is currently no standard systemic treatment for advanced stage chordoma. Here, we reported a rare presentation of chordoma patient with liver only metastases and poor prognosis.

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