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A lumbar chordoma treated with a wide resection

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Chordomas are rare skeletal tumors arising from the embryonic remains of the notochord [18, 30]. These tumors tend to appear in midline regions, particularly at the upper and lower extremities of the spinal column. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with radicular compression associated with an L3 chordoma that was treated with a wide resection.

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  1. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología B, Hospital Universitario “La Fé”, Valencia, Spain

    T. Bas, P. Bas, J L. Bas & C. Espinosa

  2. Servicio de Anatomía Patologica, Hospital Universitario “La Fé”, Valencia, Spain

    M. Prieto & V. Ramose

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Bas, T., Bas, P., Prieto, M. et al. A lumbar chordoma treated with a wide resection. Eur Spine J 3, 115–117 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02221451

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