The literature article entitled, "pseudotumor and subsequent implant loosening as a complication of revision total hip arthroplasty with ceramic-on-metal bearing: a case report" written by lokesh gudda naik, md, won yong shon, md, i.C.Clarke, phd, jun-gyu moon, md, piyush mukund, md, and sang-min kim, md published by hip and pelvis accepted by publisher 5 november 2018 was reviewed.The article's purpose was to report on one case report of a (b)(6) year old female who received initial left tha in 2003.Original implants are not identified.However in 2011 she received a revision to the l hip and was implanted with depuy products of pinnacle cup, cocr metal liner, 36 mm ceramic head and srom titanium alloy stem with sleeve.Intraoperative findings at the time of revision for the unknown original implants included loose stem, loose cup, metallosis of both femoral and acetabulum regions.One year post revision patient reported mild discomfort in the left inguinal region.Examination notes non-tender swelling and no signs of inflammation, and radiographs reveal normal alignment and no loosening.Ultrasonography reveals a cystic lesion in the iliopsoas area and suspected to be bursitis.Patient refused aspiration and was kept for observation.After additional month, patient complained of pain and started to limp and note of swelling has increased.Radiographs reveal migration of the acetabular cup and well fixed stem.Ct scan reveals a well-circumscribed lesion in the iliopsoas region, lysis and positive radioisotope indicated acetabular loosening.Also noted is cr serum was 22.5 mcg/l.Revision surgery commenced which included excision of pseudotumor and inflamed surrounding synovial sac.Confirmation of metallosis with stained black tissue.The loosened cup with cocr liner was removed.Note of corrosive wear on liner and "large black stripe" on retrieved ceramic head.No adverse events associated with in situ stem.Metallic and necrotic tissue was aggressively debrided and thorough lavage.Bone grafting performed for acetabular cavitary defects.No further complications and patient's crco levels and functions improved.Figures 1-5 provides radiographic and photographic images of post first and second revision surgeries and the retrieved implants along with ultrasound and ct images to capture the lesion.Figure 6 is histological sections of tissues samples taken at the 2nd revision when the depuy implants were removed.Depuy products: pinnacle cup, metal liner, ceramic head, srom stem system.Adverse events leading to revision surgery and explantation: reports of pain and swelling accompanied by limp followed by diagnostic testing and assessments revealing lesion, inflammation, elevated blood ion levels.Confirmed intraoperative findings of loose cup, metallosis, pseudotumor, necrotic tissue (debrided and lavage), liner wear with corrosion.
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