EPIDURAL DUMBBELL-SHAPED CHORDOMA MIMICKING A NEURINOMA

Citation
O. Karakida et al., EPIDURAL DUMBBELL-SHAPED CHORDOMA MIMICKING A NEURINOMA, Pediatric radiology, 26(1), 1996, pp. 62-64
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
62 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1996)26:1<62:EDCMAN>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The authors present a case of cervical chordoma which manifested in a 5-year-old boy as a dumbbell-shaped epidural tumor without bone destru ction. Both CT and MRI demonstrated tumor features suggesting this dia gnosis, which was confirmed by histology.