Prosthetic implant associated sarcomas: A case report emphasizing surface evaluation and spectroscopic trace metal analysis

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Adams, Julie E ^b   Jaffe, Kenneth A ^b   Lemons, Jack E ^b   Siegal, Gene P ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Metal alloy; Osteosarcoma; Prosthesis; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037292627     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2003.50006     Document Type: Article

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