Pseudotumor Presenting as a Pelvic Mass: A Complication of Eccentric Wear of a Metal on Polyethylene Hip Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 820.e1-820.e4

  Murgatroyd, Sarah E ^a  

^a WHANGAREI HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pelvic mass; Polyethylene failure; Pseudotumor; Uncemented total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIANT CELL; HEMORRHOID; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB PAIN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PELVIS TUMOR; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDOTUMOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84859897514     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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