Cervical chordoma in childhood without typical vertebral bony destruction: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, Hua ^a   Liu, Zhongjun ^a   Liu, Cuiling ^b   Ma, Qingjun ^a   Liu, Xiaoguang ^a   Jiang, Liang ^a   Wei, Feng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Benign notochordal cell tumor; Cervical vertebra; Childhood; Chordoma; Notochordal rest

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB WEAKNESS; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CELL;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; S100 PROTEINS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651163603     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a8ced8     Document Type: Article

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