A Case of Chordoma in the Sacro: Coccygyeal Area
10.4055/jkoa.1976.11.2.242
- Author:
Young Min KIM
;
Sang Rim KIM
;
Sung Ho HAN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Chordoma;
Nervous System;
Notochord
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1976;11(2):242-245
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Chordoma is a rare distinctively malignant tumor thought to be histogenetically related to the primitive notochord, It is locally infiltrative but does not metastasize until late. The usual initial symptom is pain or some symptom caused by involvement of the nervous system. Involed in the order of frequency are the sacro-coccygeal area, the spheno-occipital area, and the other vertebral area. This case is a sacro-coccygeal chordoma that is confirmed by histologic examination. The lesion was treated by complete excision.
