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Case No : 1189 Date 2020-08-03
- Courtesy of Kyongmin Sarah Beck, Suyon Chang, Dae Hee Han, Jung Im Jung / Seoul St. Mary
- Age/Sex 52 / F
- Chief ComplaintIncidentally found juxtaesophageal mass
Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Mediastinal chordoma
- Radiologic Findings
- Figure 1-4. Chest CT scan reveals an about 3.0 x 1.9 cm sized well-defined, elongated, homogeneous soft tissue mass (measuring about 40 HU) in the posterior mediastinum at the level of T4-5. The mass abuts the posterior wall of the esophagus, and focal bony erosion of the vertebral body of T4 is noted.
- Brief Review
- Chordoma is a rare, slow-growing malignant bone tumor exhibiting notochordal differentiation. It accounts for 1
- References
- 1. Matsubayashi J, Sato E, Masaharu N, et al. A case of paravertebral mediastinal chordoma without bone destruction. Skeletal Radiol (2012) 41:1641
- Keywords
- posterior mediastinum, paravertebral mediastinum, malignant bone tumor, chordoma,
Figure 5. Endoscopic ultrasound reveals an about 2.7-cm sized hypoechoic juxtaesophageal mass.
No. of Applicants : 62
- ▶ Correct Answer : 3/62, 4.8%
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- - University of Tsukuba, Dept of Radiology , Japan MANABU MINAMI
- - , Japan HIROAKI ARAKAWA
- - Toranomon Hospital , Japan KAORU SUMIDA
- ▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 3/62, 4.8%
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- - The University of Tokyo Hospital , Japan TOSHIHIRO FURUTA
- - Other , Korea (South) MINSU KIM
- - , Japan YUMI MAEHARA
- ▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 1/62, 1.6%
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- - , India SHYJUMON GEORGE
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