skull base chordoma
MONDO:0002892Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names skull base chordoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A slow-growing malignant bone tumor arising from the remnants of the notochord and occurring in the base of the skull. It is characterized by a lobulated growth pattern, myxoid stroma formation, and the presence of physaliphorous cells..
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002892), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- ChordomaMondoHP:0010762
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: skull base chordoma
- Also called
- chordoma of skull basechordoma of the skull base