| Literature DB >> 28776089 |
Abdulrehman Arain1, Francis John Hornicek2, Joseph H Schwab2, Ivan Chebib2, Timothy A Damron3.
Abstract
This case reports a 25-year-old woman initially diagnosed with adjacent benign notochordal cell tumors (BNCTs) of L3 and L4 based on needle biopsy of L3 and stable imaging over a 3-year period who was ultimately found to have a chordoma arising from a BNCT at L3. It illustrates the potential relationship between benign and malignant notochordal tumors and the difficulty in distinguishing them by clinical, radiological, and even histopathological means.Entities:
Keywords: Benign notochordal cell tumor; Chordoma; Lumbar; Multifocal; Spine; Vertebra
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28776089 DOI: 10.1007/s00256-017-2727-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Skeletal Radiol ISSN: 0364-2348 Impact factor: 2.199