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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2022; 17(01): 134-136
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749128
Case Report

A Rare Case Report of an Intradural Left Cerebellopontine Angle Chordoma

Darpanarayan Hazra 
1   Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Chandramouli Balasubramanian
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neuroscience Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Soutrik Das
3   Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neuroscience Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Mona Tiwari
4   Department of Neuroradiology, Institute of Neuroscience Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Amit Ghosh
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neuroscience Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

Intracranial intradural chordomas are rare entities constituting 1 to 3% of primary bone tumors. The mainstay of treatment remains aggressive resection of the lesion followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. We hereby report a case of a 70-year-old gentleman with intracranial, intradural chordoma arising from the left cerebellopontine angle. We hope to add to the existing minimal literature on this subject by highlighting this case, the first reported one from Asia.

Keywords

CP angle tumor - petroclival chordoma - brachyury - chordoma - skull base tumor

Authors' Contributions

D.H. contributed to the concepts, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, manuscript preparation, manuscript review, and guarantor. C.B. contributed to the concepts, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, manuscript preparation, and manuscript review. S.D. contributed to the concepts, design, and manuscript review. M.T. contributed to the concepts, design, and manuscript review. A.G. contributed to the concepts, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, manuscript preparation, manuscript review, and guarantor.


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Article published online:
06 June 2022

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