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ArticleSkeletal radiology2024

Chordoma arising from the coccygeal disc and mimicking a pilonidal cyst.

Michael Mazzucco, Sinchun Hwang, Konstantinos Linos, Meera Hameed, Farooq Shahzad, Adam Schmitt, Patrick Boland, Max Vaynrub

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Article in Skeletal radiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael MazzuccoWeill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Sinchun HwangDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Konstantinos LinosDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Meera HameedDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Farooq ShahzadPlastic Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Adam SchmittDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Patrick BolandOrthopaedic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Max VaynrubPlastic Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA. vaynrubm@mskcc.org.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USCornell University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering MST ProgramT32GM007739 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI HSU, KATHARINE C · 1985 to 2023
$51.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007739NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM007739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chordomas are rare, low-grade malignant tumors often found in the sacrococcygeal region and prone to local recurrence. We report an atypical presentation of a 40-year-old patient with a symptomatic midline retrococcygeal lesion that was presumptively treated as a pilonidal cyst due to its clinical and imaging features. After surgical pathology rendered the diagnosis of chordoma, the patient required salvage surgery in the form of partial sacrectomy with soft tissue flap coverage. In addition to the unusually predominant retrococcygeal location, surgical pathology identified an intervertebral disc origin rather than the typical osseous origin. To our knowledge, this presentation of chordoma with coccygeal intervertebral origin and a large subcutaneous mass at imaging has rarely been reported in the literature. We describe this case to raise awareness of atypical presentations of sacrococcygeal chordoma that may lead to erroneous presumptive diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

ChordomaPilonidal SinusSacrococcygeal RegionAdultDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleSpinal NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedChordomaImagingLesionPilonidal cystRetrococcygealSacrectomy

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PMID37953332
PMCPMC11879305
OpenAlexW4388616539

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