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chordoma

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chordoma /chor·do·ma/ (kor-do´mah) a malignant tumor arising from the embryonic remains of the notochord.
chor·do·ma (kôr-dm)
n.
A rare solitary neoplasm of skeletal tissue in adults.

chordoma
[kôrdō′mə] pl. chordomas, chordomata,
a rare tumor that develops from the fetal notochord. It is usually located in the midline, behind the sella; it is slow growing but highly invasive.

chordoma [kor-do´mah]
a malignant tumor arising in the axial skeleton from embryonic remains of the notochord.

chordoma
a malignant tumor arising from embryonic remains of the notochord.


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CASE REPORTS Case 1 In September 2002, a 52-year-old woman with a sacral chordoma underwent a wide resection with primary closure, followed by radiotherapy.
Other types of bone cancer include fibrosarcoma (malignant giant cell tumor) and chordoma.
Pathology revealed no lymphoid tissue in the main specimen and no evidence of chordoma in any of the lymph nodes.
 
 
 
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