Jeroen Peels, Christof Vulsteke, Michael Boedts, Eline Marin, Laurens J L De Cocker
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Abstract
Ecchordosis physaliphora (EP) is a benign notochordal remnant most commonly encountered in the skull base. In opposition to typical cases of its invasive counterpart, that is, chordoma, EP does not show T1-enhancement. Now, we describe three patients with EP, discovered on delayed contrast-enhanced 3D FLAIR performed for endolymphatic hydrops imaging in suspected Menière's disease. All EP cases demonstrated intense, delayed FLAIR-enhancement of the notochordal remnant. The importance of this new observation of FLAIR-enhancement in EP is threefold: (1) it may increase the detection rate of EP, (2) FLAIR-enhancement in EP should not be mistaken for T1-enhancement in chordoma, and (3) it may open a new window for future imaging studies aiming to better differentiate EP from chordoma.
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NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal (formerly Rivista di Neuroradiologia) is the official journal of the Italian Association of Neuroradiology and of the several Scientific Societies from all over the world. Founded in 1988 as Rivista di Neuroradiologia, of June 2006 evolved in NRJ - The Neuroradiology Journal. It is published bimonthly.
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