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. 1999 Mar;23(1):37–40. doi: 10.1007/s002640050300

Massive pelvic and femoral pseudotumoral osteolysis secondary to an uncemented total hip arthroplasty

C Jeanrot 1, M Ouaknine 1, P Anract 1, M Forest 2, B Tomeno 1
PMCID: PMC3619782  PMID: 10192016

Abstract

 A 51 year-old man developed an extensive osteolytic response to wear debris in an uncemented porous-coated total hip arthroplasty, with metal/polyethylene interface, which had been implanted eighteen years previously. This reaction, which involved the upper femur and the ilium, produced a mass which compressed the pelvic viscera.

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Accepted: 2 July 1998


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