Metastasis of malignant struma ovarii to the lumbar spine.
A 32-year-old woman with a solitary metastasis to the lumbar spine from a struma ovarii was treated surgically with tumour extirpation and anterior spinal reconstruction. Metastasis may occur when a patient has had prior surgery to remove this rare tumour.
Yamashita
Masaomi
M
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan. masaomiym@aol.com
Ishii
Takeshi
T
Ohtori
Seiji
S
Oikawa
Yasuhiro
Y
Watanabe
Tomoko
T
Ito
Toshinori
T
Furuya
Mitsuko
M
Takahashi
Kazuhisa
K
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013330:Struma Ovarii / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty