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Metastasis of malignant struma ovarii to the lumbar spine
Masaomi Yamashita1, Takeshi Ishii, Seiji Ohtori
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan. masaomiym@aol.com
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.