Chordoma - clivus

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Age: 8 years
Gender: Female

MRI brain

mri
Axial
T2
Sagittal
T2
Sagittal
T1
Sagittal
T1 C+
Axial
T1 C+
Axial
PD
Axial
FLAIR
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Info

Large retroclival prepontine mass infiltrating the posterior aspect of the clivus and compressing the brain stem posteriorly. It is hypointense in T1, markedly hyperintense in T2 and shows minimal enhancement post contrast.

Case Discussion

This lesion was resected and confirmed to be a chordoma

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