A Case of Nasopharyngeal Chordoma |
Ha Choon Park, MD1, Chang Eub Lee, MD1, Chi Yub Oh, MD1, Moon Suh Park, MD1, Sun Chul Lee, MD1, and Shin Kwang Khang, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, 2;Pathology, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea |
비인강 척색종 1례 |
박하춘1 · 이창업1 · 오치엽1 · 박문서1 · 이선철1 · 강신광2 |
한림대학교 의과대학 한강성심병원 이비인후과학교실1;병리학교실2; |
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ABSTRACT |
Chordoma has been described as a rare malignant tumor derived from the primitive notochord involving the axial skeleton, characterized by a long clinical course, resistance to radiotherapy and a tendency to remain localized with infrequent metastasis. More than one third of chordoma occur at the base of the skull. Typical ventral extension of the neoplasm is in the direction of the nasopharynx and occasionally into the nasal cavity or maxillary antrum. Recently we experienced one case of the chordoma in the nasopharynx. A 5 year old male suffered from nasal obstruction and sneezing for 3 years. Extirpation was done and was proved as chordoma.
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