Chromium-Cobalt Intoxication with Intense Systemic Complications following Total Hip Revision after Per-Operative Ceramic Fracture.
Case Rep Orthop
; 2019: 4209796, 2019.
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| ID: mdl-30809405
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Heavy metal intoxication after arthroplasty is extremely rare but could be lethal. Case Report. We report the case of a 69-year-old woman, who presented intense systemic symptoms of chromium-cobalt intoxication after revision of per-operative fractured ceramic components with metal-on-polyethylene. Systemic toxicity occurred a year after surgery and expressed brutally with mostly central neurological symptoms. Chelation associated with revision surgery allowed rapid regression of all symptoms.CONCLUSION:
Revision of fractured ceramic, even per-operatively, should not be done with metal-on-polyethylene components, in order to avoid potentially lethal metal intoxication.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Case Rep Orthop
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Francia