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Orthopaedic Implant-Associated Rhabdomyosarcoma.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - 9 May 2025
Brown Danielle E, Saoud Carla, Antonescu Cristina R, Wexler Leonard H, Bartlett Edmund K, Morris Carol D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Metallic implants are widely used in orthopaedic surgery. These implants may have carcinogenic properties, but the incidence of associated malignancies appears to be low, and to date, only case reports and small case series have been reported. We describe a series of patients with soft-tissue sarcoma adjacent to orthopaedic implant. METHODS: Cases of soft-tissue sarcomas treated at our institution...
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