Extraosseous Chordoma of Retropharyngeal Space: A Case Report

Retropharyngeal Lipoma: a case report

Introduction: Retropharyngeal lipoma is a rare benign tumor (less than 27 reports in literature) of nonspecific clinical symptoms. It can grow to an enormous extent causing total obstruction of the upper respiratory tract. Until now its etiology is unknown. Case Report: A 60-year old female complained from severe snoring mild dysphagia and moderate respiratory difficulty with gradual onset si...

Extraosseous chordoma of the nasopharynx.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chordoma is a relatively rare tumor of the skull base and sacrum thought to originate from embryonic remnants of the notochord. Chordomas arising from the skull base/clivus are typically locally aggressive with lytic bone destruction. When chordomas occur in an extraosseous location, they may mimic other lesions of the nasopharynx. We present 5 cases of primarily extraoss...

Extraosseous spinal chordoma: radiographic appearance.

The authors describe a chordoma arising within the soft tissues of the spinal canal (rather than from a vertebral body) in a 6-year-old boy. The lesion was entirely extradural as shown by CT and MR; this was confirmed at surgery.

Cerebellar Metastasis from Extraosseous Chordoma of the Coccygeal Region: a case report

In this case report, we describe an extraosseous chordoma in the coccygeal region that later metastasized to the cerebellum. A 30-year-old man presented with a progressively enlarged lesion in the coccygeal region with painful sensation. Preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a large lobular mass in the coccygeal region without sacrococcygeal destruction. Patholo...

Chordoma. A Case Report