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{{ Infobox diagnosis | {{ Infobox diagnosis | ||
| Name = {{PAGENAME}} | | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | ||
| Image = Chordoma_-_high_mag.jpg | | Image = Chordoma_-_high_mag.jpg | ||
| Width = | | Width = | ||
| Caption = Chordoma. [[HPS stain]]. | | Caption = Chordoma. [[HPS stain]]. | ||
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| LMDDx = [[chondrosarcoma]], [[myxoid lesions]], [[parachordoma]], chordoid lesions (e.g. chordoid glioma, [[chordoid meningioma]]), [[metastasis]] (e.g. [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]]) | | LMDDx = [[chondrosarcoma]], [[myxoid lesions]], [[parachordoma]], chordoid lesions (e.g. chordoid glioma, [[chordoid meningioma]]), [[metastasis]] (e.g. [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]]) | ||
| Stains = | | Stains = | ||
| IHC = S-100 +ve, AE1/AE3 +ve, Brachyury +ve, EMA +ve | | IHC = S-100 +ve, [[AE1/AE3]] +ve, Brachyury +ve, [[EMA]] +ve | ||
| EM = | | EM = | ||
| Molecular = | | Molecular = | ||
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Location: usually sacrum or clivus. | *Location: usually sacrum or clivus. | ||
*It is a [[bone tumour]]. | *It is a malignant [[bone tumour]] (1-4% of all primary bone tumors). | ||
*Usually after age 30. | |||
===Classification=== | |||
* Chordoma, NOS (ICD-O: 9370/3). | |||
* Chondroid chordoma (ICD-O: 9371/3). | |||
* Dedifferentiated chordoma (ICD-O: 9372/3). | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
====Case 1==== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Chordoma_-_low_mag.jpg | Chordoma - low mag. (WC) | Image:Chordoma_-_low_mag.jpg | Chordoma - low mag. (WC) | ||
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Image:Chordoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Chordoma - high mag. (WC) | Image:Chordoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Chordoma - high mag. (WC) | ||
Image:Chordoma - very high mag.jpg| Chordoma - very high mag. (WC) | Image:Chordoma - very high mag.jpg| Chordoma - very high mag. (WC) | ||
</gallery> | |||
====Case 2==== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image: Chordoma -- low mag.jpg | Chordoma - low mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Chordoma -- intermed mag.jpg | Chordoma - intermed. mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Chordoma - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | Chordoma - intermed. mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Chordoma -- high mag.jpg | Chordoma - high mag. (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Case 3==== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Bone Chordoma 2 HP2.JPG|Physaliphorous cells. (SKB) | Image:Bone Chordoma 2 HP2.JPG|Physaliphorous cells. (SKB) | ||
Image:Bone Chordoma 2 LP PA.JPG|Low power view. Somewhat lobulated tumour with loose areas, cellular areas and fibrous septa. (SKB) | Image:Bone Chordoma 2 LP PA.JPG|Low power view. Somewhat lobulated tumour with loose areas, cellular areas and fibrous septa. (SKB) | ||
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Image:Bone Chordoma HP PA.JPG|Chordoma cells may form sheets of cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm. (SKB) | Image:Bone Chordoma HP PA.JPG|Chordoma cells may form sheets of cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm. (SKB) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
www | ====www==== | ||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case64.html Chordoma (upmc.edu)]. | *[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case64.html Chordoma (upmc.edu)]. | ||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case312/micro.html Chordoma - sacrum - several images (upmc.edu)]. | *[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case312/micro.html Chordoma - sacrum - several images (upmc.edu)]. | ||
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==IHC== | ==IHC== | ||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case312/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case312/micro.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref><ref name=pmid2431128>{{Cite journal | last1 = Coindre | first1 = JM. | last2 = Rivel | first2 = J. | last3 = Trojani | first3 = M. | last4 = De Mascarel | first4 = I. | last5 = De Mascarel | first5 = A. | title = Immunohistological study in chordomas. | journal = J Pathol | volume = 150 | issue = 1 | pages = 61-3 | month = Sep | year = 1986 | doi = 10.1002/path.1711500110 | PMID = 2431128 }}</ref> | Features:<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case312/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case312/micro.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref><ref name=pmid2431128>{{Cite journal | last1 = Coindre | first1 = JM. | last2 = Rivel | first2 = J. | last3 = Trojani | first3 = M. | last4 = De Mascarel | first4 = I. | last5 = De Mascarel | first5 = A. | title = Immunohistological study in chordomas. | journal = J Pathol | volume = 150 | issue = 1 | pages = 61-3 | month = Sep | year = 1986 | doi = 10.1002/path.1711500110 | PMID = 2431128 }}</ref> | ||
*S-100 +ve. | *S-100 +ve - '''important'''. | ||
*AE1/AE3 +ve. | *[[AE1/AE3]] +ve - '''important'''. | ||
*Brachyury +ve | *Brachyury +ve - '''key stain'''. | ||
**Protein important for axial development, affects notochord development.<ref name=omim601397>{{OMIM|601397}}</ref> | **Protein important for axial development, affects notochord development.<ref name=omim601397>{{OMIM|601397}}</ref> | ||
**''Brachyury'' literally means ''short tail''.<ref>URL: [http://www.jstor.org/pss/86845 http://www.jstor.org/pss/86845]. Accessed on: 18 May 2010.</ref> | **''Brachyury'' literally means ''short tail''.<ref>URL: [http://www.jstor.org/pss/86845 http://www.jstor.org/pss/86845]. Accessed on: 18 May 2010.</ref> | ||
*EMA +ve. | *[[EMA]] +ve. | ||
*[[PAX8]] -ve (1 +ve (weak) of 12.<ref name=pmid21102418>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sangoi | first1 = AR. | last2 = Karamchandani | first2 = J. | last3 = Lane | first3 = B. | last4 = Higgins | first4 = JP. | last5 = Rouse | first5 = RV. | last6 = Brooks | first6 = JD. | last7 = McKenney | first7 = JK. | title = Specificity of brachyury in the distinction of chordoma from clear cell renal cell carcinoma and germ cell tumors: a study of 305 cases. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 425-9 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2010.196 | PMID = 21102418 }}</ref>). | |||
*Other keratins:<ref name=pmid9195570>{{Cite journal | last1 = Naka | first1 = T. | last2 = Iwamoto | first2 = Y. | last3 = Shinohara | first3 = N. | last4 = Chuman | first4 = H. | last5 = Fukui | first5 = M. | last6 = Tsuneyoshi | first6 = M. | title = Cytokeratin subtyping in chordomas and the fetal notochord: an immunohistochemical analysis of aberrant expression. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 10 | issue = 6 | pages = 545-51 | month = Jun | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9195570 }}</ref> | |||
**CK8 +ve (16/16). | |||
**CK19 +ve (16/16). | |||
**CK18 +ve/-ve (9 +ve/16). | |||
**[[CK7]] -ve (1 +ve/16). | |||
**[[CK20]] -ve (0 +ve/16). | |||
Classic chordoma panel:<ref name=pmid24296480>{{Cite journal | last1 = Shen | first1 = J. | last2 = Shi | first2 = Q. | last3 = Lu | first3 = J. | last4 = Wang | first4 = DL. | last5 = Zou | first5 = TM. | last6 = Yang | first6 = HL. | last7 = Zhu | first7 = GQ. | title = Histological study of chordoma origin from fetal notochordal cell rests. | journal = Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | volume = 38 | issue = 25 | pages = 2165-70 | month = Dec | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000010 | PMID = 24296480 }}</ref> | |||
*EMA, AE1/AE3, CAM5.2, vimentin, S-100. | |||
Key points: | Key points: | ||
*Brachyury is not a commonly stocked antibody. | *Brachyury is not a commonly stocked antibody. | ||
*Chordoma will be S100 ''' | *Chordoma will be S100 '''''and''''' epithelial marker positive. | ||
*Many other items in the | *Many other items in the DDx will be either S100 '''''or''''' epithelial marker positive. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[CNS tumours]]. | *[[CNS tumours]]. | ||
*[[Parachordoma]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||