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Chondroma of a Lumbar Vertebral Body in a Child AN UNUSUAL TUMOR RESEMBLING A CHORDOMA
JAMES H. HERNDON; JONATHAN COHEN
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From the Divisions of Orthopedic Surgery and of Laboratories and Research, Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston
1970 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1970; 52:1241-1247 
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Abstract

The case reported is an uncommon tumor of the spine of cartilaginous origin with some similarities to a tumor of notochordal origin. The etiology of the tumor is discussed and its unique features of age of onset, rare location, and complicated histology are described.

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