chordoma of the lower back in an adolescent: a rare cytologic presentation

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kafil akhtar

shamshad ahmad

rana sherwani

abstract

chordomas are low-grade malignant tumors of bone that occur almost exclusively in the axial  skeleton. chordomas are rare in children and adolescents and comprise

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Journal title:
iranian journal of pathology

Publisher: iranian society of pathology

ISSN 1735-5303

volume 9

issue 1 2014

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