Retropharyngeal mass presenting with dysphagia: cervical chordoma

Year 2019, Volume: 44 Issue: Supplement 1, 576 - 580, 29.12.2019

Sibel Yıldırım , Emre Ocak , Dilara Akbulut Ozan Bağış Özgürsoy

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.561467

Abstract

Chordomas are rare primary bone tumors tought to originate from embryological remnants of the notochord. Upper cervical spine chordomas constitute about 5% of all chordomas. Extension from upper cervical spine to nasopharynx, oropharynx or parapharyngeal space extremely uncommon in head and neck surgical practice. These tumors present with features of compression of adjacent structures resulting in dysphagia, dyspnea or as a palpable neck mass, oropharyngeal mass. In this case report, chordoma originating from upper cervical spine involving the oropharyx is presented. The difficulty of diagnosis, its radiological features along with surgical findings is discussed.

Keywords

Cervical spine chordoma, dysphagia, oropharyngeal chordoma

Yutma güçlüğüne neden olan retrofarengeal kitle: servikal kordoma

Abstract

Kordomalar, notokordun embriyolojik artıklarından kaynaklanan nadir primer kemik tümörleridir. Servikal bölge yerleşimli kordomalar oldukça nadir görülmektedir. Tüm kordomaların %5 kadarını oluşturan servikal kordomalar, komşu oldukları parafarengeal bölge, orofarenks gibi anatomik boşluklara uzanım gösterip; boyunda şişlik, orofarenkste kitle, yutma güçlüğü, nefes darlığı benzeri klinik bulgular verebilirler. Bu olgu sunumunda yutma güçlüğü şikayeti ile başvuran ve orofarenkste kitle olarak bulgu veren servikal kordoma olgusunun klinik özellikleri sunulmuş, tanıda yaşanan güçlükler ve cerrahi bulgular tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

disfaji, servikal vertebral kordoma

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