Dedifferentiated chordoma: A report of four cases arising 'de novo'

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 652-656

  Hanna, S A ^a   Tirabosco, R ^a   Amin, A ^a   Pollock, R C ^a   Skinner, J A ^a   Cannon, S R ^a   Saifuddin, A ^a   Briggs, T W R ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 43649088489     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B5.20365     Document Type: Article

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