Rodolfo Pedro Molina-Martínez
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Venus Damaris Medina-Illueca
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Carlos Betancourt-Quiroz
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Daniel Alejandro Vega-Moreno
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Andrés Alberto Moral-Naranjo
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Background:
Chordomas are malignant tumors that arise from the remnants of the notochord. Complete en bloc radical resection with postoperative radiation therapy is currently considered the gold standard. Here, we performed a 360-staged approach to manage a C3-C4 chordoma that involved the right vertebral artery.
Case Description:
A 40-year-old woman presented with a C3-C4 chordoma that invaded the right vertebral artery. She responded well to a circumferential approach including resection and stabilization.
Conclusion:
A 40-year-old woman with a C3-C4 spinal chordoma was optimally managed with a combined anterior/posterior surgical approach including decompression/fusion.