Soft tissue
Extraskeletal bone tumors
Chordoma
Author: Vijay Shankar, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 November 2012
Minor changes: 11 September 2020
Copyright: 2002-2020, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Chordoma [title] soft tissue
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Clinical images | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stainsCite this page: Shankar V. Chordoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueeskchordoma.html. Accessed October 24th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Very rare
Clinical images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
Soft palate (left), MRI (middle two), and x-ray (right)
Gross images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
Sacral
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
Sacral (left four) and chondroid type, skull base (right)
Positive stains
- CK9, S100, brachyury (notochord marker, Am J Surg Pathol 2008;32:572)
