Fig. 5.

To rule out infection: Post implant removal - patient presented with complaints of pain in left hip. Anteroposterior radiograph (a) shows screw tracts (arrows in a) in the left neck of femur with severe arthritic changes (flattening of the left femoral head, articular surface irregularity, joint space reduction and deformity). Elevated inflammatory markers raised suspicion of possible infection. MRI demonstrated - T2 axial (b) and coronal STIR (c) images show significant subarticular marrow edema (curved arrow in b), soft tissue edema (blue arrow in b) and screw tract abscess (white arrow in b), suggestive of infection.