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Primary chondroid chordoma of the base of the petrous temporal bone
V Rupa1, V Rajshekhar, T S Bhanu
1Department of E.N.T., Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
The authors describe an unusual case of a primary chondroid chordoma arising from the base of petrous temporal bone. The patient, a young male, presented with a left sided jugular foramen syndrome. The CT findings of a tumour arising from the base of the left petrous temporal bone were confirmed at infratemporal exploration. The clinical and histopathological and immunohistochemical differences between classical (typical) chordoma and its chondroid variant are highlighted. The rarity of primary chordomas at this site is stressed.