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Axial CT image in bone window shows a central destructive lesion in the body of the L3 vertebra (arrow).
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CT-guided biopsy of the mass was performed (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6), and pathology confirmed the lesion as chordoma.
Sagittally reformatted CT image in a bone window shows a central lytic lesion in L3 vertebra (arrow).
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CT-guided biopsy of the mass was performed (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6), and pathology confirmed the lesion as chordoma.
Axial T1W MR image shows a low-intensity lesion in the L3 body (arrow).
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CT-guided biopsy of the mass was performed (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6), and pathology confirmed the lesion as chordoma.
Axial T2W MR image shows increased signal within the L3 body lesion (arrow).
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CT-guided biopsy of the mass was performed (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6), and pathology confirmed the lesion as chordoma.
Sagittal STIR MR image shows a high-intensity lesion in the L3 vertebral body (arrow).
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CT-guided biopsy of the mass was performed (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6), and pathology confirmed the lesion as chordoma.
Axial CT image during a transpedicle, CT-guided biopsy of the L3 vertebral body.
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CT-guided biopsy of the mass was performed (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6), and pathology confirmed the lesion as chordoma.