Incidentally-Discovered Extraosseous Cystic Nasopharyngeal Chordoma in a Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patient
- Author:
Hyunjung KIM
1
;
Jae Hyung KIM
;
Kijeong LEE
;
Tae Hoon KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Nasopharyngeal mass; Clivus; PET-CT
- MeSH: Chordoma; Cranial Fossa, Posterior; Electrons; Endoscopy; Humans; Notochord; Skeleton; Skull Base; Thyroid Gland; Thyroid Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Rhinology 2019;26(1):47-51
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Skull base chordomas are rare, malignant tumors arising from primitive notochord remnants of the axial skeleton and comprise approximately 25–35% of all chordoma cases. Nasal endoscopy in previous case reports has characterized nasopharyngeal chordomas as firm, semi-translucent masses protruding from the posterior nasopharyngeal wall with a pink, “meaty” appearance. However, the nasopharyngeal chordoma in the present case had a soft, cystic appearance, unlike the tumors previously described. Herein, an unusual case of an incidentally discovered nasopharyngeal chordoma is reported in a patient with papillary thyroid cancer; the discovered chordoma had a benign cystic appearance with no abnormal positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) uptake.
