Key result
A 64-year-old woman with a history of total hip arthroplasty developed severe bleeding and osteolysis, ultimately dying from disseminated pelvic angiosarcoma despite hip disarticulation.
Population
64-year-old woman with severe bleeding and hip joint osteolysis after an accidental fall, with a history of…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to malignancy in post-arthroplasty bleeding/osteolysis; leaves open implant-related angiosarcoma causation.
Case Report (n=1)
Angiosarcoma of the bone should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with uncontrollable bleeding and osteolysis around a prosthesis.
Sánchez‐García et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Pelvic angiosarcoma (n=1). Disarticulation of the prosthetic hip joint was evaluated on Clinical outcome and autopsy findings. A 64-year-old woman with a history of total hip arthroplasty developed severe bleeding and osteolysis, ultimately dying from disseminated pelvic angiosarcoma despite hip disarticulation.
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