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Clival chordoma in an infant.

AA Goel, +2 more
- 01 Apr 1996 - 
- Vol. 42, Iss: 2, pp 51
TLDR
An unusual case of clival chordoma seen in a 7 month 16 day old infant is presented and the literature on this subject, clinical course of such tumours and the management strategy in paediatric age group is reviewed.
Abstract
An unusual case of clival chordoma seen in a 7 month 16 day old infant is presented. The literature on this subject, clinical course of such tumours and the management strategy in paediatric age group is reviewed.

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