Chest wall resection and reconstruction using titanium micromesh covered with Marlex mesh for metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>The distant metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinomas are often untreatable. In particular, bone metastasis is significantly related to poor prognosis since radioactive iodine therapy is generally less effective. Therefore,...

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Main Authors: Suganuma Nobuyasu, Wada Nobuyuki, Arai Hiromasa, Nakayama Hirotaka, Fujii Keita, Masudo Katsuhiko, Yukawa Norio, Rino Yasushi, Masuda Munetaka, Imada Toshio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/7259