The imaging appearances of metallosis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-62

  Heffernan, E J ^a,b   Alkubaidan, F O ^a   Nielsen, T O ^a   Munk, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Metallosis; Radiography; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METAL;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMUR HEAD; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METALLOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOFT TISSUE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36349029800     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0362-y     Document Type: Article

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