X-ray and surgery for removal of the right hip prosthesis in a patient with cobalt-chromium metallosis-related peripheral neuropathy

Figure 3. (A) X-ray of the right hip from the patient reported in reference XX shows a deformed head dislocated from the center of the cup (arrow) and abnormal densities around the hip joint spreading to the lateral portion of the right thigh (arrowheads). (B) During surgery for removal of the right hip prosthesis, a coal tar–like fluid was obtained from the space between the right iliotibial band and lateral vastus muscle. (C) Discolored (black) right vastus lateralis. Reproduced with permission from John Wiley and Sons.29