Sacral chordoma

Authors

M Behaeghe Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
A Denis Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
L Jans Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
K Verstraete Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

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Abstract

A 38-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for deep sacral pain. There was no significant medical history. Physical examination revealed pressure pain of the right sacroiliac joint. MRI showed a midline mass in the sacrum (arrows), isointense on T1- weighted MR images and hyperintense on T2-weighted MR images (Fig. A-B), enhancing with gadolinium. Cortical destruction was present with an extraosseous soft tissue mass (arrowheads). A well-defined lesion with similar MRI signal was seen in the left groin (asterisk) (Fig. C). Diagnosis of sacral chordoma with distant metastasis was made.

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2013-01-01

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Vol. 96 No. 1 (2013)

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Images in Clinical Radiology

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