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3993833

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
Two patients are described who underwent implantation of silicone-polymer prostheses: one for an arthroplasty of the left great toe after a bunionectomy, and another for replacement of fractured trapezoid bone of the left wrist. Each patient developed unexplained severe pain at the sites of surgery at 3 and 7 months postoperatively. On removal of the implants and adjacent tissues, there was a microscopic foreign-body reaction to amorphous material in the subsynovial connective tissue. Although both prostheses were grossly intact, scanning electron microscopy revealed multiple erosions on their surfaces. Energy-dispersive x-ray analysis of foreign material in the paraffin-embedded sections revealed a peak for silicon. These two cases indicate that clinically significant pathological reaction may occur as early as 3 months after silicone-polymer implantation and that energy-dispersive x-ray analysis of excised tissue is a useful and specific diagnostic procedure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0147-5185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Peri-articular reactions to microscopic erosion of silicone-polymer implants. Light- and scanning electron-microscopic studies with energy-dispersive x-ray analysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Case Reports