Journal of Nepal Medical Association (Dec 2014)

Cytodiagnosis of Sacral Chordoma

  • Saumya Shukla,
  • Namrata Punit Awasthi,
  • Nuzhat Husain,
  • Nidhi Anand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.2804
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 196

Abstract

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We report the cytological findings of a sacro-coccygeal chordoma in a 53 year male diagnosed preoperatively by guided fine needle aspiration cytology. The smears shows characteristic Physalliphorous cells in a metachromatic background of myxoid material entrapping cords of cuboidal cells. Differential diagnosis in cytology include conventional and myxoid chondrosarcoma, myxoid liposarcoma, myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma, metastatic mucinous carcinoma and myxo-papillary ependymoma. The distinguishing features between these neoplasms are discussed. Preoperative diagnosis of chordoma permits optimum planned surgery. Keywords: chordoma; myxoid; sacral.

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