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case_images: (a) Preoperative sagittal magnetic resonance imaging short tau inversion recovery sequence demonstrating T11 chordoma (b) axial magnetic resonance T1-weighted sequence
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case_images: F1
case_images: T11 vertebral body compressing the spinal cord [Figure 1].
case_images: Polyetheretherketone cage inserted into defect to reconstruct the spine
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case_images: F2
case_images: T12 and Actifuse bone graft substitute (Baxter Healthcare Corporation, USA) was packed around the cage [Figure 2]. A chest drain was inserted intraoperatively due to a pleural breach. The patient was successfully extubated immediately postsurgery and was neurologically intact. The chest drain was removed uneventfully after 3 days.
case_images: Postoperative sagittal T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium
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case_images: F3
case_images: MRI confirms no evidence tumor residue or recurrence [Figure 3].