1. A left knee wound complication by non-Hodgkins lymphoma in bilateral total knee arthroplasties
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Erika McPhee, Jeremy J. McCormick, Jonathan P. Eskander, Kirk Johnson, Suyang Hao, Robert Nascimento, Mark S. Eskander, and David Shepro
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Reoperation ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Osteoarthritis ,Risk Assessment ,Total knee ,immune system diseases ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Biopsy ,medicine ,Humans ,Surgical Wound Infection ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ,Device Removal ,Aged ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ,Biopsy, Needle ,Skin Transplantation ,General Medicine ,Osteoarthritis, Knee ,musculoskeletal system ,medicine.disease ,Immunohistochemistry ,Arthroplasty ,Surgery ,Lymphoma ,Treatment Outcome ,Orthopedic surgery ,Etiology ,Drainage ,Female ,Wound complication ,business ,human activities ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
A 70-year-old woman with a history of bilateral primary knee osteoarthritis presented with a left knee wound complication, a non-Hodgkins lymphoma, after bilateral total knee arthroplasties. After exploring several etiologies, the evidence in this unusual case suggests a coincidental preexisting lymphoma.
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- 2008
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