Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Tarpada SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7475049 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tarpada Sandip P SP Loloi Jeremy J Schwechter Evan M EM
Arthroplasty today 20200827 4
We describe the case of a 57-year-old female who underwent bilateral ceramic-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasties performed in 2015. She presented to us in 2018 with headaches, fatigue, and right hip pain 5 months after an atraumatic right polyethylene liner failure for which she did not seek treatment. She was found to have imaging consistent with an adverse local tissue reaction and massive pseudotumor formation. During revision surgery, fracture of the acetabular liner was noted, with cer ...[more]