Ceramic On Ceramic Pseudotumor

We present a case with severe systemic repercussion after total hip arthro plasty revision with ceramic on polyethylene combination.

Ceramic on ceramic pseudotumor.

Pseudotumor is a rare complication after total hip arthroplasty more frequent in metal on metal combinations. It was first described by griffiths in 1987 in a series of 15 patients with metal on polyethylene tha. There is no reported case to our knowledge of a pseudotumor related to a ceramic on ceramic coc tha. We present a case with severe systemic repercussion after total hip arthroplasty revision with ceramic on polyethylene combination.

Over the last decade pseudotumor has become a rising complication of total hip arthroplasty tha. Numerous reports exist of pseudotumor and altr reactions in non mom articulations in tha identifying trunnion wear as a source of metal ions 3 23 24. Massive pseudotumor in a ceramic poly revision. What is a pseudotumor.

The hip joint is a ball and socket joint meaning the ball that forms the head of the femur bone upper leg bone fits into the socket acetabulum of the pelvic bone and this creates the rotational hip. These devices are made from a variety of synthetic materials such as metal polyethylene plastic and ceramic. The purpose of this study was to present a unique case of a pseudotumor in a coc tha.