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Primary chondroid chordoma of the base of the petrous temporal bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

V. Rupa ,
Vedantam Rajshekhar ,
T.S. Bhanu  and
Sushil M. Chandi
V. Rupa*
Affiliation:
Departments of E.N.T., Neurological Sciences and Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, 632004, India
Vedantam Rajshekhar
Affiliation:
Departments of E.N.T., Neurological Sciences and Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, 632004, India
T.S. Bhanu
Affiliation:
Departments of E.N.T., Neurological Sciences and Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, 632004, India
Sushil M. Chandi
Affiliation:
Departments of E.N.T., Neurological Sciences and Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, 632004, India
*
Dr. V. Rupa, M.S., D. L.O., Christian Medical College Hospital, Ida Scudder Road, P.O. Box No: 3, India.
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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.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 8 , August 1989 , pp. 771 - 773
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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