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.
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MeSH terms
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Adult
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Bone Transplantation
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Female
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Humans
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Internal Fixators
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Low Back Pain / etiology
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Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
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Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
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Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology*
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Neoplasm Metastasis / therapy
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Neurosurgical Procedures
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Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
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Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
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Spinal Fusion
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Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
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Spinal Neoplasms / surgery
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Struma Ovarii / diagnostic imaging
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Struma Ovarii / secondary*
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Struma Ovarii / surgery
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Thyroid Gland / pathology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
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Vertebroplasty