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Osteosarcoma Eight Years After Total Hip Arthroplasty |
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| Authors: | SIMON C ROE BVSc PhD Diplomate ACVS DAVID De YOUNG DVM Diplomate ACVS Diplomate ACVA DANIEL WEINSTOCK DVM PhD Diplomate ACVP ANDREW KYLES BVMS PhD |
| Institution: | Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, and the Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Parisitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
| Abstract: | This report presents a case of osteosarcoma of the femoral diaphysis associated with chronic stimulation of the area by an unstable femoral prosthesis after total hip arthroplasty performed 8 years previously. The pathogenesis of this transformation may be similar to that proposed for fracture-associated sarcoma. Neoplasia should be considered as a possible late complication of total hip arthroplasty. |
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