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Revista Cubana de Reumatología
On-line version ISSN 1817-5996
Abstract
RUBIO PAMPIN, María Magdalena; HERNANDEZ SOCARRAS, Carmen Aleida; SANCHEZ CAMACHO, Luís Manuel and SOTOLONGO BARO, María del Carmen. Histopathological considerations of bony tumor Chordoma. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.3, pp. 139-142. ISSN 1817-5996.
ABSTRACT The Chordoma is a malignant neoplasm of bone tissue, whose location is in the spine or at the base of the skull of human beings. His cells remind of the notochord. It is postulated that it has its origin in Notocordales remains; however the most frequent age of appearance is after 40 years in the male sex. The sites of predilection are the sacrum and the base of the skull. In the final periods of their appearance there are disorders of urination, defecation and mobility of the lower limbs, and visual disorders when their location is at the base of the skull. Radical surgical treatment is not very encouraging because of its anatomical location, hence the usual recurrences. Metastases are rare and almost always the target organs are the lungs, less common in skin and ovary
Keywords : tumor; malignant tumor; malignant bone neoplastic; Chordoma.