Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Surgical neurology international
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chordomas must be considered among the differential diagnoses for extradural spinal tumors, especially involving the clival or sacrococcygeal regions. They are often locally invasive and destructive to the osseous structures from which they arise, but rarely extend intradurally. Here, we report a unique chordoma that was intradural and spanned nearly four subaxial cervical vertebral levels.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We report the case of an atypical intradural chordoma that spanned four subaxial levels of the cervical spine in an 81-year-old female. It also extended through multiple neural foramina but did not invade or destroy the bony elements of the cervical vertebrae. Notably, it demonstrated sizable extension into the deep carotid triangle abutting the internal jugular vein.
CONCLUSION: This case involved an extraosseous, intradural, four-level subaxial cervical chordoma that demonstrated significant extraspinal extension into the anterior soft tissues of the neck.
First Page
250
Last Page
250
DOI
10.4103/sni.sni_63_17
Publication Date
10-13-2017
Recommended Citation
Awuor V, Stewart CE, Camma A, Renner J, Tongson JM. Rare case of an extraosseous cervical chordoma with both intradural and extensive extraspinal involvement. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Oct 13;8:250. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_63_17. PMID: 29142772; PMCID: PMC5672643.