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Case for diagnosis. Suppurative nodule or something deeper?

The authors report the case of a 62-year-old man with a history of total left hip arthroplasty nine years previously presenting with a large infiltrated plaque on the posterior area of the left thigh with three months of evolution without systemic symptoms or elevated inflammatory markers. Computed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gomes, Nuno Preto, Costa-Silva, Miguel, Moreira, Elisabete, Azevedo, Filomena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6668938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31365672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20198675
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Sumario:The authors report the case of a 62-year-old man with a history of total left hip arthroplasty nine years previously presenting with a large infiltrated plaque on the posterior area of the left thigh with three months of evolution without systemic symptoms or elevated inflammatory markers. Computed tomography of the left lower limb revealed a 12-centimeter linear extension of the lesion to the posterior part of the left proximal femur. Prosthesis joint infection, although rare, is a surgical complication to be taken into account, even if the surgery was performed many years before.