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SUBMITTER: Luedke C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4926824 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Arthroplasty today 20150623 2
We present a case of a 64-year old female with bilateral knee pain several months after undergoing staged bilateral TKA. Radiolucencies surrounding the keels of bilateral tibial components were found to represent metastatic poorly differentiated endometrial carcinoma. PET scan showed adrenal, pulmonary and tibial foci consistent with metastatic disease. No other cases of bilateral periprosthetic metastasis of endometrial carcinoma have been described in the literature. Metastases around orthoped ...[more]