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Silicone elastomer arthroplasties for joint diseases involving the small joints of the hands and feet have been used worldwide since the late 1960s. While reports of axillary lymphadenopathy exist, the exact incidence of subclinical adenopathy and its relationship to arthroplasty integrity have been difficult to determine. We report a patient who developed bilateral inguinal granulomatous adenopathy as a foreign body response to regionally disseminated silicone particles from bilateral metatarsophalangeal joint prostheses.
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