chordoma/obesity

OBJECTIVE To report the first case of an ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome caused by a sacrococcygeal chordoma. METHODS We present a case report with clinical, laboratory, and histologic details. RESULTS A 76-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of urinary obstruction.

Nasopharyngeal chordoma is a rare type of malignant neoplasm that originates in the remnants of the notochord, a primitive tissue of embryonic origin preserved outside the axial skeleton. Approximately one-third of chordomas are located in the base of the skull, in the midline of the body. The slow

We present a case of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak after endoscopic endonasal resection of a large clival chordoma in an obese patient. The leak was at the lower reconstruction at the craniocervical junction and had failed repositioning. Using the V-Loc™ wound closure device (Covidien, New Haven,

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was the clinical implementation of a kV cone beam CT (CBCT) for setup correction in radiotherapy. METHODS For evaluation of the setup correction workflow, six tumor patients (lung cancer, sacral chordoma, head-and-neck and paraspinal tumor, and two prostate cancer

OBJECTIVE Resection of sacral tumors has been shown to improve survival, since the oncological prognosis is commonly correlated with the extent of local tumor control. However, extensive soft-tissue resection in close proximity to the rectum may predispose patients to wound complications and