Clival chordoma in a young male patient: a case report

Chordoma is a rare malignant tumor of the spine. We report the case of a 26-year-old man who presented with facial paralysis and upper limbs paresthesia. Cerebral CT-scan and cerebro-spinal MRI revealed a 58mm locally advanced middle clival mass with deviation of median cerebral structures. Endoscop...

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Autores principales: Zribi, Aref, Nasr, Sonia Ben, Khemir, Aya, Gargouri, Faten, Abdallah, Ichrak Ben, Msakni, Issam, Fendri, Sana, Balti, Mehdi, Laabidi, Basma, Haddaoui, Abderrazek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33209186
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.59.24836
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Sumario:Chordoma is a rare malignant tumor of the spine. We report the case of a 26-year-old man who presented with facial paralysis and upper limbs paresthesia. Cerebral CT-scan and cerebro-spinal MRI revealed a 58mm locally advanced middle clival mass with deviation of median cerebral structures. Endoscopic biopsy concluded to a chondroid chordoma. Skeletal survey and thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT-scan were normal. Treatment consisted in complete surgical removal of the tumor followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. The patient is alive free of disease with a follow up of 12 months.

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