A slow-growing malignant bone tumor arising from the remnants of the notochord and occurring in the base of the skull. It is characterized by a lobulated growth pattern, myxoid stroma formation, and the presence of physaliphorous cells.. [ NCIT:C5453 ]
Synonyms: skull base chordoma chordoma of the skull base chordoma of skull base
Term information
- MEDGEN:233448 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C5453 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
- UMLS:C1335975 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:4151 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
gard_rare, rare, nord_rare
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1335975
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C5453
http://identifiers.org/medgen/233448
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4151