Introduction: Coccydynia, television disease, and coccygodynia are the different names given to this disabling disease, which can become chronic. It was described by Simson in 1859. Coccydynia means pain at the end of...
BACKGROUND Chordoma is a rare low-grade malignant tumor originating from embryonic notochordal tissue mainly occurring in the axial bone,mostly in the sphenooccipital junction and sacrococcyx,which accounts for approx...
Pediatric skull base lesions are complex and challenging disorders.Safe and comprehensive management of this diverse group of disorders requires the expertise of an experienced multidisciplinary skull base team.Adult ...
This research was funded in part through the NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant,P30 CA008748.
Background:Chordomas are locally invasive neoplasms,arising from notochordal remnants and can appear anywhere along the axial skeleton.Local recurrences are common,and distant metastases may occur years after the init...
Background:As chordomas are slow growing and locally invasive with high recurrence rates,initial recommendations include complete surgical resection with or without radiation therapy.A large proportion of recurrences ...
To critically appraise short-term outcomes in patients treated in a new Pelvic Exenteration (PE) Unit. METHODSThis retrospective observational study was conducted by analysing prospectively collected data for the firs...
Objective: Proton beam therapy (PBT) may provide good local control for skull base chordoma and reduced toxicities, especially for pediatric patients. Methods: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of hyperfractionated...
To the Editor: A 69-year-old man was admitted to our center for poor appetite and malaise for 10 days. Physical exainination revealed impaired consciousness and dementia appearance. The head computed tomography (CT...
Background: Resection of sacral chordomas is challenging. The anatomy is complex, and there are often no bony landmarks to guide the resection. Achieving adequate surgical margins is, therefore, difficult, and the re...