Fig. 5

Illustrated oncologic outcome of case No. 8. A 35-year-old male presented with chordoma at C1-C3 with compressive myelopathy, initial MRI (a). The surgery was performed by decompressive laminectomy, tumor removal with cervical fixation from C1-C4 and anterior subtotal tumor removal but remaining residual tumor (b). The radiotherapy was delayed and resulted in enlargement of the tumor (c)