Gastric carcinoma metastasis to a knee with a newly inserted prosthesis. A case report.
About 3 months after arthroplasty of the knee, the 75-year-old patient returned with severe pain and swelling in the knee. A metastasis from an asymptomatic poorly differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma of the stomach was found.
Kolstad
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Department of Orthopedics, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden.
Högstorp
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D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*