Case Report
J Korean Hip Soc 2006; 18(3): 132-137
Published online June 1, 2006
© The Korean Hip Society
A Giant Mass Mimicking Malignancy Developed in the Proximal Thigh after Hip Arthroplasty
A large mass as a sign of an infection is rare, and it might convince a physician that it had the appearance of a malignancy. The patient in this case visited our clinics after attending several hospitals, with a mass that had the appearance of a malignancy, based on the severe destructive findings observed on plain radiographs. We report the first documented case of a patient with a large mass (12×7×20 cm) and a low-grade infection, which developed at the proximal thigh after a hip arthroplasty. It is important to realize that an infection accompanied by a large mass, can mimic a highly destructive malignant lesion on plain radiographs.
Keywords Large mass, Infection, Malignancy, Hip arthroplasty
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Case Report
J Korean Hip Soc 2006; 18(3): 132-137
Published online June 1, 2006 https://doi.org/10.5371/jkhs.2006.18.3.132
Copyright © The Korean Hip Society.
A Giant Mass Mimicking Malignancy Developed in the Proximal Thigh after Hip Arthroplasty
Myung-Rae Cho and Sang-Wook Lee
Abstract
A large mass as a sign of an infection is rare, and it might convince a physician that it had the appearance of a malignancy. The patient in this case visited our clinics after attending several hospitals, with a mass that had the appearance of a malignancy, based on the severe destructive findings observed on plain radiographs. We report the first documented case of a patient with a large mass (12×7×20 cm) and a low-grade infection, which developed at the proximal thigh after a hip arthroplasty. It is important to realize that an infection accompanied by a large mass, can mimic a highly destructive malignant lesion on plain radiographs.
Keywords: Large mass, Infection, Malignancy, Hip arthroplasty
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