Late local recurrence, at 19 and 17 years, of sacral chordoma treated by en bloc resection - 13/02/16
Abstract |
Sacral chordoma (SC) is a malignant bone tumor with high risk of local recurrence (LR) even after en bloc resection, generally in the first 10years after resection. We report two cases of late LR, at 17 and 19years. Two male patients, aged 45 and 53years, presented with large SC needing a combined approach for en bloc resection. Surgical margins were safe for the first patient and borderline for the second. The patients had yearly follow-up. The first patient developed LR on the posterior wall of the right acetabulum and the second developed LR in the right sciatic notch, at 17 and 19years, respectively. These two cases of very late LR of SC advocate for yearly screening of patients even more than 20years after resection.
Level of evidence |
IV (case report).
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Sacral chordoma, En bloc resection, Safe surgical margins, Local recurrence
Abbreviations : RT, CT, LR, MRI, SC, STIR
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Vol 102 - N° 1
P. 121-125 - février 2016 Regresar al númeroBienvenido a EM-consulte, la referencia de los profesionales de la salud.