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Chordoma

Chondrosarcoma

Meningioma

Mets/Multiple Myeloma

Nasopharngeal Cancer.

Arise from notochordal remnants

Occur most commonly in the sacrum and clivus

Benign neoplasm but locally invasive

Metastasis and leptomeningeal spread unusual

Middle aged adults.

CT

Calcified matrix

Bony erosion or destruction

MRI

Usually hypointense on T1 and hyperintense on T2 but can be heterogenous

Most enhance to variable degree.