CHORDOMATA: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, WITH REPORT OF A SACROCOCCYGEAL CASE
Authors: Daniel B. Faust, Hugh R. Gilmore, Charles S. Mudgett
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 October 1944CHORDOMATA: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, WITH REPORT OF A SACROCOCCYGEAL CASEDANIEL B. FAUST, M.D., F.A.C.P., HUGH R. GILMORE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES S. MUDGETT, M.D., F.A.C.P.DANIEL B. FAUST, M.D., F.A.C.P., HUGH R. GILMORE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES S. MUDGETT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-4-678 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONChordomata are tumors that arise from remnants of the fetal notochord. These remnants may be situated in any of the intervertebral discs and in the region of the spheno-occipital or sacro-coccygeal articulations. They rarely occur in the mandible or maxilla. These notochordal remnants frequently give rise to small tumors termed ecchordosis physaliphora by Luschka1in 1856, and by Virchow2in 1857. 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