A vertebral extra dural chordoma at C5, possibly deriving from a clival chordoma

BACKGROUND: Clival chordomas are a rare type of cancer with low metastatic potential and primary metastasize to the lung or bones. CASE DESCRIPTION: This case report describes a possible metastatic, paravertebral chordoma at level C4-C5 in a patient with a past medical history of a clival chordoma....

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Autores principales: Goes, R., van Overbeeke, J.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097773
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.157948
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description BACKGROUND: Clival chordomas are a rare type of cancer with low metastatic potential and primary metastasize to the lung or bones. CASE DESCRIPTION: This case report describes a possible metastatic, paravertebral chordoma at level C4-C5 in a patient with a past medical history of a clival chordoma. CONCLUSION: Chordomas are unpredictable and may metastasise.
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spelling pubmed-44551202015-06-19 A vertebral extra dural chordoma at C5, possibly deriving from a clival chordoma Goes, R. van Overbeeke, J.J. Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Clival chordomas are a rare type of cancer with low metastatic potential and primary metastasize to the lung or bones. CASE DESCRIPTION: This case report describes a possible metastatic, paravertebral chordoma at level C4-C5 in a patient with a past medical history of a clival chordoma. CONCLUSION: Chordomas are unpredictable and may metastasise. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4455120/ /pubmed/26097773 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.157948 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Goes R. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A vertebral extra dural chordoma at C5, possibly deriving from a clival chordoma
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title_fullStr A vertebral extra dural chordoma at C5, possibly deriving from a clival chordoma
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title_short A vertebral extra dural chordoma at C5, possibly deriving from a clival chordoma
title_sort vertebral extra dural chordoma at c5, possibly deriving from a clival chordoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097773
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.157948
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