Ecchordosis physaliphora
Diagnosis certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Body
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Benign nodule of tissue in prepontine cistern dorsal to clivus considered to be ectopic notochordal remnant.
Top Differential Diagnoses
differential diagnoses:
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Chordomachordoma Skullskull base metastasis-
Dermoiddermoid or epidermoid Arachnoidarachnoid cyst
Pathology
- Few clear cells ("physaliphorous cells") surrounded by chondromyxoid stroma.
-<p>Benign <strong>nodule</strong> of tissue in <strong>prepontine cistern</strong> dorsal to clivus considered to be ectopic notochordal remnant.</p><p>Top Differential Diagnoses</p><p> </p><ul>-<li>Chordoma</li>-<li><p>Skull base metastasis</p></li>-<li>Dermoid or epidermoid</li>-<li><p>Arachnoid cyst</p></li>-</ul><p>Pathology</p><ul><li>Few clear cells ("<strong>physaliphorous cells</strong>") surrounded by chondromyxoid stroma</li></ul>- +<p>Benign nodule of tissue in <a title="Prepontine cistern" href="/articles/pontine-cistern">prepontine cistern</a> dorsal to clivus considered to be <a title="Physaliphorous ecchordosis" href="/articles/ecchordosis-physaliphora">ectopic notochordal remnant</a>.</p><p>Top differential diagnoses:</p><ul>
- +<li>chordoma</li>
- +<li><p>skull base metastasis</p></li>
- +<li>dermoid or epidermoid</li>
- +<li><p>arachnoid cyst</p></li>
- +</ul><p>Pathology</p><ul><li>Few clear cells ("<strong>physaliphorous cells</strong>") surrounded by chondromyxoid stroma.</li></ul>
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