PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Nancy J. Fischbein AU - Michael J. Kaplan AU - Roy A. Holliday AU - William P. Dillon TI - Recurrence of Clival Chordoma along theSurgical Pathway DP - 2000 Mar 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 578--583 VI - 21 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/3/578.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/3/578.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2000 Mar 01; 21 AB - Summary: Chordomas are locally aggressive malignant tumors of notochordal origin whose metastatic potential is increasingly recognized. Surgical pathway recurrence has been noted only rarely in the literature. We present three patients with clival chordomas whose sole or initial recurrence was along the pathway of prior surgical access. A characteristic mass found along the pathway of prior surgical access for resection of a chordoma should suggest recurrent chordoma.