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The successful removal of a low clivus chordoma in a 2-year-old child via the anterior transcervical-transclival approach is reported. Diagnostic difficulties due to the sudden onset and progression masquerading as a viral neurological disease are briefly discussed.
The cranio-spinal instability following the operations in our case implies that reconstructive cranio-spinal surgery will be necessary in the future provided that the tumour does not rapidly recur.
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Bartal, A.D., Heilbronn, Y.D. Transcervical removal of a clivus chordoma in a 2-year-old child. Reversal of quadriplegia and bulbar paralysis. Acta neurochir 23, 127–133 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401697
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