Pseudotumor After Bilateral Ceramic-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics (M.C.K., N.M.C.M., and S.B.W.V.) and Pathology (H.H.v.R.C.), Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Reinier de Graafweg 3, 2625 AD Delft, The Netherlands. maartenkoper@outlook.com.
² Biomechanics Section, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestraße 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany. witt@tu-harburg.de. morlock@tuhh.de.

M C Koper et al. JBJS Case Connect. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 12;4(1 Suppl 8):e25.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.M.00209.

¹ Department of Orthopedics (M.C.K., N.M.C.M., and S.B.W.V.) and Pathology (H.H.v.R.C.), Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Reinier de Graafweg 3, 2625 AD Delft, The Netherlands. maartenkoper@outlook.com.
² Biomechanics Section, Hamburg University of Technology, Denickestraße 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany. witt@tu-harburg.de. morlock@tuhh.de.

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