Metastasis of malignant struma ovarii to the lumbar spine

J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Feb;17(2):269-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.04.024. Epub 2009 Dec 29.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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