Sclerotic lumbar chordoma: A case report

Chordoma is a rare tumor, often occurring in the cervical spine and sacrococcygeal spine with a lytic appearance, but rarely in the thoracolumbar spine. Chordomas can occasionally be sclerotic and are included in the differential diagnosis for an ivory vertebra. We present a case of a sclerotic chor...

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Published in:	Radiology Case Reports
Main Authors:	Owaiz Ansari, MD, Rohit Anand, MD, Kevin Christopher Serdynski, BS, AS, Serra Aktan, MD, Brett Ploussard, DO, Emad Allam, MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-09-01
Subjects:	Chordoma Lumbar spine Ivory vertebra
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332200406X

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