Ceramic On Ceramic Pseudotumor

Pseudotumor is a rare complication after total hip arthroplasty more frequent in metal on metal combinations.

Ceramic on ceramic 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. We present a case with severe systemic repercussion after total hip arthro plasty revision with ceramic on polyethylene combination. It was first described by griffiths in 1987 in a series of 15 patients with metal on polyethylene tha. Although pseudotumor formation has been reported in ceramic on polyethylene articulations this was in the setting of elevated metal ion levels and ultimately attributed to modular neck wear.

There is no reported case to our knowledge of a pseudotumor related to a ceramic on ceramic coc tha. These devices are made from a variety of synthetic materials such as metal polyethylene plastic and ceramic. What is a pseudotumor. The purpose of this study was to present a unique case of a pseudotumor in a coc tha.

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.