Metastasis of lung carcinoma to proximal femur after hip implant.
Adenocarcinoma of the lung metastasized to the site of hemiarthroplasty for a femoral neck fracture in a 73-year-old woman who had no evidence of preexisting primary or metastatic tumor. The mechanism of the metastasis in this patient remains a question, but it seems likely that metastatic tumor seeding occurred as the result of surgical trauma after the prosthetic implantation.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding