Combined anterior and posterior en bloc vertebrectomy for lumbar chordoma

Abstract

Chordoma is a rare bone tumor derived from remnants of the notochord. The majority of chordomas involve the sacrum or skull base. We report a rare case of a L4 vertebral body chordoma treated with anterior en bloc vertebrectomy and posterior stabilization. No tumor recurrence was observed at the 5 year follow-up examination. Copyright © 2009 The Korean Neurosurgical Society.