Loosening of hip prosthesis

Case contributed by Andrew Lawson
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Hip discomfort post THR. Follow up x-rays.

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Prominent region of periarticular loosening related to the proximal femoral prosthetic stem.

x-ray

Lucency treated as prosthetic loosening and a revision has been performed.

Note that there are no regions of lucency around the new prosthesis.

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