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World J Clin Cases. Mar 16, 2014; 2(3): 57-61
Published online Mar 16, 2014. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i3.57
Multilevel oblique corpectomies as an effective surgical option to treat cervical chordoma in a young girl
Roberto Delfini, Daniele Marruzzo, Roberto Tarantino, Nicola Marotta, Alessandro Landi
Roberto Delfini, Daniele Marruzzo, Roberto Tarantino, Nicola Marotta, Alessandro Landi, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Rome “Sapienza”, 00168 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: Delfini R, Landi A, Marotta N, Marruzzo D and Tarantino R performed the surgery; Marruzzo D and Landi A contributed to the conception and design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; Delfini R and Landi A drafted the article and revised it critically for important intellectual content; Delfini R and Landi A approved the final version to be published.
Correspondence to: Alessandro Landi, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Rome Sapienza, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00168 Rome, Italy. dott.alessandro.landi@gmail.com
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Received: October 30, 2013
Revised: January 2, 2014
Accepted: January 17, 2014
Published online: March 16, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: In young patients, chordomas are rare and unpredictable. Despite this, the treatment of choice remains the total resection, as much as possible, followed by proton beam radiation. When there is a precarotid and retrocarotid extension, the removal by a multilevel oblique corpectomy seems to be a feasible and safe surgical technique.