Thyroid Metastases in Bone
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are not metastases in the true sense, but ai( classified as secondary contact tumours, fQ1 example, the secondary contact carcinoma fount in the tibia following long standing ulceration undergoing malignant change. (2) By the lymphatic stream; a method disproved by Piney, who by his investigation^ confirmed the statement of Roger and Josue tha lymphatics could not be demonstrated in bone, a statement which cast doubt on Sampson Handley's theory of centrifugal permeation 0 lymphatic vessels by malignant cells. . . f (3) By the blood stream; the emboli gaining
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دوره 73 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1938