Chordoma of a thoracic vertebra. A case report


Published online: Dec 27 2007

Johan A. P. A. C Van Kollenburg, Jan de Waal Malefijt, Taco Gosens, Arend B. Spoor, Anneke A. M. Van der Wurff

From St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman presented with aspecific clinical symptoms of the thoracic spine. Radiological survey showed a tumour mass at T3-T4. Initial microscopic evaluation was suggestive of renal cell carcinoma metastasis. Lack of a primary tumour and revision of the specimens changed the diagnosis into chordoma.

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