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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Main Authors: Hok-Yin Alwin Li, Pang-Hei Li, Yiu-Chung Wong, Yuk-Leung Wai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491714000050