Sacrococcygeal chordoma: A medical Case Report

Authors

  • odalys urquiaga leon Hospital calixto garcia
  • israel lincoln benitez hechavarria

Keywords:

nothocorda, Sacrococcygeal chordoma

Abstract

The sacrococcigeal chordoma is a malignant rare tumor of insidious beginning. It is originated from the rests of primitive notochord1. Here it is presented a female patient’s case that is 71 years old, black. She came complaining of an intensive pain of several months’ evolution in right hip’s joint and lumbosacral region. This pain is irradiated to anus region that increases with movement and decubitus supine, it is slightly relieved on decubitus prone.  
The patient’s condition didn’t get better and it was ordered the tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), this test showed a great retro rectal tumor mass with sacrococcigeal and right iliac destruction extensively up to soft parts. The biopsy revealed the diagnosis of sacrococcigeal chordoma.

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Author Biography

odalys urquiaga leon, Hospital calixto garcia

Especialista de 1er grado en imagenologia 2003 del dpto de imagenologia hospital universitario calixto garcia y profesor asistente de imagenologia

Published

2017-04-25

How to Cite

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urquiaga leon odalys, benitez hechavarria israel lincoln. Sacrococcygeal chordoma: A medical Case Report. Arch Hosp Univ "Gen Calixto García” [Internet]. 2017 Apr. 25 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];5(1):107-11. Available from: https://revcalixto.sld.cu/index.php/ahcg/article/view/174

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Presentación de Casos

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