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We report CT and MRI findings of an unusual cervical chordoma. CT showed only minimal bony destruction with a lobulated prevertebral mass. Sagittal MRI, however, clearly demonstrated a lesion involving the body of C2 extending prevertebrally and into the spinal canal.
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Anegawa, T., Rai, M., Hara, K. et al. An unusual cervical chordoma: CT and MRI. Neuroradiology 38, 466–467 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00607279
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00607279