Background: This unique presentation of hip swelling is only the seventh reported case of pseudotumor recurrence in a non-metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (THA) construct. The constellation of patient symptoms and laboratory findings contradict the expected elevated serum metal ion levels associated with the formation of pseudotumor. The presentation, lab trends, and imaging findings contribute to the growing base of knowledge surrounding the effects of corrosion in arthroplasty constructs with stem-neck modularity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtraskeletal osteosarcoma is a rare disease that uncommonly affects the upper extremity. A 46-year-old African American man presented for evaluation of a right middle finger mass. Excisional biopsy demonstrated extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the soft tissues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo highly branched glucose polymers with similar structures--starch and glycogen--have important relations to human health. Slowly digestible and resistant starches have desirable health benefits, including the prevention and alleviation of metabolic diseases and prevention of colon cancer. Glycogen is important in regulating the use of glucose in the body, and diabetic subjects have an anomaly in their glycogen structure compared with that in healthy subjects.
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