Open AccessSuccessful surgical resection of a rare case of a giant sacral chordoma: a multidisciplinary feat
Author(s) -
Safwan Alomari,
Shadi Bsat,
Mohamad Khalifé,
Ghassan Skaf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2020-235045
Subject(s) - medicine , chordoma , sacrum , surgery , neurological deficit , stage (stratigraphy) , resection , multidisciplinary team , biopsy , general surgery , radiology , paleontology , nursing , biology
We, here, report the case of a 72-year-old man who presented with a giant sacral chordoma without aggressive clinical and neurological course and confirmed with a CT guided biopsy. The patient underwent multidisciplinary, two-stage successful complete en bloc sacrectomy along with total gross tumour resection, followed by lumboiliac fusion and instrumentation in the second stage without any neurological deficit nor bladder or bowel-related complications.