Intracranial chordoma in a neonate.

Eur J Pediatr

Department of Paediatrics, University of Hamburg, Medical Centre Eppendorf, Federal Republic of Germany.

Published: May 1992

We report the first case of a congenital intracranial chordoma. Hydrocephalus, sixth and seventh cranial nerve palsy, and torticollis were observed shortly after birth. The tumour was delineated by sonography, CT scans and MRI and the diagnosis confirmed after subtotal resection at the end of the newborn period.

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