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Systemic cobaltism manifesting as oral mucosal discoloration and metallic gustation after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing

Systemic cobaltism is a debilitating complication of metal-on-metal (MoM) arthroplasty. In this report, we review a case of a 54-year-old female with metallosis from a MoM hip resurfacing and varying degrees of black discoloration of her tongue and metallic gustation as a result of systemic cobaltis...

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Autores principales: Shapiro, Joshua A., Eskildsen, Scott M., Del Gaizo, Daniel J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30560172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2018.06.005