Low FDG Uptake of a Mass Initially Suspected of Being a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: MRI and FDG PET/CT Reveal a Clivus Chordoma.

Morin, Léo; Pencroffi, Héléna; Jallet, Lucas; Drouet, Clément · Clin Nucl Med · 2026

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Abstract

This case illustrates an atypical clinical presentation of a nasopharyngeal invasive process in a 56-year-old woman, which corresponded to a chordoma, a rare malignant primary bone tumor with unfavorable prognosis, derived from remnants of the notochord.

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