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Case Report

Synchronous Metastatic Skull Base Chordoma to the Breast: Case Report and Literature Review

by
S.I. Shakir
1,
M. Pelmus
2,
A. Florea
2,
J.F. Boileau
3,
M.C. Guiot
4,
S. Di Maio
5 and
T.M. Muanza
1,*
1
Department of Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2
Department of Pathology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
3
Department of Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
4
Department of Pathology, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
5
Department of Neurosurgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Curr. Oncol. 2016, 23(2), 154-157; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2896
Submission received: 2 January 2016 / Revised: 5 February 2016 / Accepted: 6 March 2016 / Published: 1 April 2016

Abstract

Clinical Scenario: During routine staging work-up for a left breast mass, a 68-year-old woman complained of dysphagia and dysphonia. During further investigations, a left-sided lesion at the foramen magnum was observed on brain imaging. Both lesions were biopsied and showed a classical chordoma. Management: The skull-base lesion and the breast lesion were surgically resected, and adjuvant radiotherapy was given. Summary: Chordoma is a rare primary central nervous system tumour that seldom metastasizes. The lung is the most common site of metastasis. Synchronous breast metastasis from a skull-base chordoma is very rare, and a safe management option includes a maximum resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy.
Keywords: Chordoma; synchronous metastasis; radiotherapy; surgery Chordoma; synchronous metastasis; radiotherapy; surgery

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Shakir, S.I.; Pelmus, M.; Florea, A.; Boileau, J.F.; Guiot, M.C.; Di Maio, S.; Muanza, T.M. Synchronous Metastatic Skull Base Chordoma to the Breast: Case Report and Literature Review. Curr. Oncol. 2016, 23, 154-157. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2896

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Shakir SI, Pelmus M, Florea A, Boileau JF, Guiot MC, Di Maio S, Muanza TM. Synchronous Metastatic Skull Base Chordoma to the Breast: Case Report and Literature Review. Current Oncology. 2016; 23(2):154-157. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2896

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Shakir, S.I., M. Pelmus, A. Florea, J.F. Boileau, M.C. Guiot, S. Di Maio, and T.M. Muanza. 2016. "Synchronous Metastatic Skull Base Chordoma to the Breast: Case Report and Literature Review" Current Oncology 23, no. 2: 154-157. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2896

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