Thoracic Chordoma

MedGen UID:: 1791053
•Concept ID:: C5554612
•: Neoplastic Process

Definition

A chordoma that arises from the thoracic spine. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVThoracic Chordoma

Connective and Soft Tissue Disorder
- Connective tissue disorder
  - Bone Neoplasm
    - Bone cancer
      - Chordoma
        Spinal chordoma
        Thoracic Chordoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical treatment of primary mobile spine chordoma.

Kolz JM, Wellings EP, Houdek MT, Clarke MJ, Yaszemski MJ, Rose PS
J Surg Oncol 2021 Apr;123(5):1284-1291. Epub 2021 Feb 10 doi: 10.1002/jso.26423. PMID: 33567141

Surgical strategies for primary malignant tumors of the thoracic and lumbar spine.

Missenard G, Bouthors C, Fadel E, Court C
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2020 Feb;106(1S):S53-S62. Epub 2019 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2019.05.028. PMID: 31843511

High-dose proton-based radiation therapy in the management of spine chordomas: outcomes and clinicopathological prognostic factors.

Rotondo RL, Folkert W, Liebsch NJ, Chen YL, Pedlow FX, Schwab JH, Rosenberg AE, Nielsen GP, Szymonifka J, Ferreira AE, Hornicek FJ, DeLaney TF
J Neurosurg Spine 2015 Dec;23(6):788-97. Epub 2015 Sep 4 doi: 10.3171/2015.3.SPINE14716. PMID: 26340383

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Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Surgical treatment of giant chordoma in the thoracic spine combining thoracoscopic and posterior spinal surgery: A case report.

Liu S, Zhou X, Song A, Huo Z, Yao S, Wang Y, Liu Y
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Aug;98(35):e16990. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016990. PMID: 31464948 Free PMC Article

Thoracic chordoma: review and role of FDG-PET.

Miyazawa N, Ishigame K, Kato S, Satoh Y, Shinohara T
J Neurosurg Sci 2008 Dec;52(4):117-21; discussion 121-2. Epub 2008 Oct 23 PMID: 18946438

Thoracic chordoma.

Delgado R, Bonatelli Ade P, Stávale JN
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2008 Jun;66(2B):405-7. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000300025. PMID: 18641882

Giant mediastinal chordoma.

Rahman AM, Farahat IG, Ali WA, Mansour KA
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 Jun;73(6):1952-4. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03409-4. PMID: 12078799

CT and MRI appearances of a thoracic chordoma.

Murphy JM, Wallis F, Toland J, Toner M, Wilson GF
Eur Radiol 1998;8(9):1677-9. doi: 10.1007/s003300050611. PMID: 9866786

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Prognosis

Thoracic chordoma: review and role of FDG-PET.

Miyazawa N, Ishigame K, Kato S, Satoh Y, Shinohara T
J Neurosurg Sci 2008 Dec;52(4):117-21; discussion 121-2. Epub 2008 Oct 23 PMID: 18946438

Thoracic chordoma.

Delgado R, Bonatelli Ade P, Stávale JN
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2008 Jun;66(2B):405-7. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000300025. PMID: 18641882

Dedifferentiated chordoma of the thoracic spine with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. Report of a case and review of the literature.

Bisceglia M, D'Angelo VA, Guglielmi G, Dor DB, Pasquinelli G
Ann Diagn Pathol 2007 Aug;11(4):262-73. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.09.002. PMID: 17630110

Intensity modulated proton therapy: a clinical example.

Lomax AJ, Boehringer T, Coray A, Egger E, Goitein G, Grossmann M, Juelke P, Lin S, Pedroni E, Rohrer B, Roser W, Rossi B, Siegenthaler B, Stadelmann O, Stauble H, Vetter C, Wisser L
Med Phys 2001 Mar;28(3):317-24. doi: 10.1118/1.1350587. PMID: 11318312

CT and MRI appearances of a thoracic chordoma.

Murphy JM, Wallis F, Toland J, Toner M, Wilson GF
Eur Radiol 1998;8(9):1677-9. doi: 10.1007/s003300050611. PMID: 9866786

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