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Case Reports

Primary Chordoma of the Lung

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hotel-Dieu University Hospital, Paris, France
^b Department of Pathology, Hotel-Dieu University Hospital, Paris, France
^c Department of Pneumology, Saint-Antoine University Hospital, Paris, France

Accepted for publication May 13, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Alifano, Unité de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hotel-Dieu, 1, Pace du Parvis Notre-Dame, Paris, 75004, France (Email: marcoalifano{at}yahoo.com).

We report the case of a 79-year-old woman referred to our institution for persistent cough and right-sided chest pain. A computed tomographic scan revealed a 2-cm round nodule in the right lower lobe. A wedge resection of the lesion was achieved by video-assisted thoracic surgery. Pathologic examination was consistent with the diagnosis of chordoma. Magnetic resonance imaging of the whole spine and skull basis was normal. Therefore, a diagnosis of primary lung chordoma, an exceptional condition, could be established.