[Imaging of cervical and thoracic chordoma. Apropos of 2 cases]

J Radiol. 1992 Mar;73(3):169-74.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Chordoma is a rare tumor in spine. Two cases, exceptional in adolescents, are reported. The clinical evolution is slow and progressive. CT shows a lobulated tumor, precises the degree of vertebral osteolysis and detects intra-tumoral calcifications. MRI is useful to determine especially in high in soft tissues and the vertebral canal. Arteriography is realised in pre-operative time and permits an embolization when the tumor is hypervascularised.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angiography
  • Cervical Vertebrae*
  • Child
  • Chordoma / diagnosis
  • Chordoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed