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ArticleCase reports in radiology2026

Distinguishing Benign Notochordal Cell Tumors From Chordoma in a Patient With Multicentric Spinal Lesions.

Elleana A Paradise, Justin A Schmidgall, David S Baskin, Robert E Jackson, Bin S Teh, Steve H Fung

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Article in Case reports in radiology, 2026. 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

6 authors.

Elleana A ParadiseSchool of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, USA, tamu.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7307-5538
Justin A SchmidgallDepartment of Radiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA, houstonmethodist.org.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7670-6881
David S BaskinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA, houstonmethodist.org.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8416-2028
Robert E JacksonWeill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA, cornell.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0148-2780
Bin S TehWeill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA, cornell.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-9444
Steve H FungDepartment of Radiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA, houstonmethodist.org.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1177-682X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report details a 60-year-old man who presented with several spinal lesions after they were discovered incidentally during abdominal CT imaging. Lesions were observed in the cervical and thoracic spine and sacrum (C2-C3, C3-C4, C5-C6, T3, T4, T8-T9, S2-S3, and S4 levels) with varying bone involvement, soft tissue extension, and appearance on CT and MRI. The dominant lytic T8-T9 lesion was biopsied, resulting in a diagnosis of chordoma, yet

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atypical notochordal cell tumorbenign notochordal cell tumor (BNCT)chordomamulticentric

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PMCPMC13168793

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