Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Complicated by Metastatic Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
Periprosthetic malignancy causing failure of total hip arthroplasty is a rare entity. Metastasis of malignant tumour to the proximity of orthopaedic implants is even more uncommon. We present a case of a 74-year-old female with an infected Austin Moore prosthesis, requiring a two-stage revision tota...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491714000050 |