Cervical chordoma presenting as retropharyngeal mass and dysphonia: Case report and literature review

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Singh, N ^a,b   Soo, M ^a   De Cruz, M ^a   Gomes, L ^a   Maclean, F ^a   Dandie, G ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Dysphonia; Paraspinal; Primary bone tumour; Retropharyngeal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 35948954854     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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