Chordomas are congenital tumor which develop from remnant of the notochord. Most of them arise at the clivus Blumenbaehii, at ,the junction of the sphenoidal and occipital bones or sacrococcygeal region. Rarely chordomas arise at the thoracic spine, which compress the spinalcord epidurally and sometimes invade the substance of the spinal cord.
The authors report a case of chordoma at. T 9-T 10 vertebral level in which the charactefistic "physaliferous" cells were found in the slides of operative specimen. The tumor was compressing the spinal corgi and extending into, body and lamina of the vertebra, which resulted the patient, 52 year-old Korean male in paraplegia.
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