Maxillary surgical seeding of a clival chordoma

Br J Neurosurg. 2012 Feb;26(1):102-3. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2011.595844. Epub 2011 Sep 7.

Abstract

Seeding on surgical pathway is a rare form of clival chordoma treatment failure. We report the case of a 42-year-old male with a clival chondroid chordoma removed by a sublabial transsphenoidal approach followed by proton beam radiotherapy, who developed a maxillary bone recurrence 3 years after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chordoma / secondary*
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Neoplasm Seeding*
  • Skull Base Neoplasms*
  • Treatment Failure