- ecchondrosis physaliphora
- gelatinous nodules of heterotopic notochordal tissue projecting from the clivus or dorsum sellae. True tumors (chordomas) may arise from these or from intraosseous remnants of the notochord.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ecchondrosis physaliphora
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