Incidentally-Discovered Extraosseous Cystic Nasopharyngeal Chordoma in a Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patient
Journal of Rhinology
;
: 47-51, 2019.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-766200
ABSTRACT
Skull base chordomas are rare, malignant tumors arising from primitive notochord remnants of the axial skeleton and comprise approximately 25–35% of all chordoma cases. Nasal endoscopy in previous case reports has characterized nasopharyngeal chordomas as firm, semi-translucent masses protruding from the posterior nasopharyngeal wall with a pink, “meaty” appearance. However, the nasopharyngeal chordoma in the present case had a soft, cystic appearance, unlike the tumors previously described. Herein, an unusual case of an incidentally discovered nasopharyngeal chordoma is reported in a patient with papillary thyroid cancer; the discovered chordoma had a benign cystic appearance with no abnormal positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) uptake.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Skeleton
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Thyroid Gland
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Chordoma
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Skull Base
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Cranial Fossa, Posterior
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Electrons
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Endoscopy
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Notochord
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Rhinology
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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