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Chordoma in a child presenting as unilateral proptosis with high serum alpha‐fetoprotein
Author(s) -
Kasantikul Vira,
Tontirata Pawana,
Wangsuphachart Somjai,
Panichabhongse Viratt
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1998.tb00081.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paranasal sinuses , orbit (dynamics) , nasal cavity , chordoma , radiology , surgery , engineering , aerospace engineering
A 14‐month‐old girl with intracranial chordoma involving the left orbit, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity and hard palate presented with unilateral proptosis. The serum α‐fetoprotein was markedly elevated. Such intracranial tumors in infancy tend to be aggressive and have a great tendency for rapid growth as well as distant metastases.