Failure of a metal on metal hip prostheses presenting as a destructive soft tissue mass due to ALVAL

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1401-1402

  Hutt, Jonathan R B ^a,b   Busch, Constant ^b   Hughes, Rod A ^b  

^a Ashford and St Peters NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT COMPLEX; HEMOSIDERIN; METAL;

ADULT; ASEPTIC LYMPHOCYTIC VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED LESION; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COXITIS; DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP PROSTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NECROSIS; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TISSUE INJURY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 80054959916     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1668-y     Document Type: Letter

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