title: Metastasis of malignant struma ovarii to the lumbar spine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan. masaomiym@aol.com
authors.forename: Masaomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtori
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Mitsuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: 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