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Record W4285535238 · doi:10.21037/aoj-22-3

Massive pseudotumor of unknown etiology in a cemented metal-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasty: a case report

2022· article· en· W4285535238 on OpenAlex
Aaron Gazendam, Karim Masrouha, Snežana Popović, Michelle Ghert, David J. D. Wilson

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Bibliographic record

VenueAnnals of Joint · 2022
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
Canadian institutionsDalhousie UniversityMcMaster University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMedicinePeriprostheticSurgeryComplicationRadiologyArthroplasty

Abstract

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Background: The formation of destructive pseudotumors is a well-documented, albeit rare, complication of total hip arthroplasties. They tend to be progressive and, if left untreated, can result in extensive periprosthetic bony destruction. The current case presents a large benign mass consistent with a pseudotumor on both imaging and intraoperative findings but histologic findings demonstrating chronic hematoma. Case Description: An 86-year-old female with a metal-on-polyethylene total hip presented with a massive pseudotumor accompanied by extensive bony lysis. Due to pain and chronic anemia, a palliative debulking procedure was undertaken as a palliative measure. At one year follow-up, the patient reported significant pain relief and was able to ambulate safely with gait aids. Her hemoglobin stabilized post-operatively and ongoing transfusions were not required. Final pathology was not supportive of particle disease despite this being the leading diagnosis. Microscopic sections showed tissue mostly composed of fibrin and blood with multiple foci of calcification and reactive papillary endothelial hyperplasia which can be seen in chronic hematomas. Conclusions: This case presents the diagnostic dilemma of a large benign mass consistent with a pseudotumor on both imaging and intraoperative findings but histologic findings consistent with a chronic hematoma. It highlights the importance of close follow-up and early intervention when periprosthetic osteolysis is detected.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Case report · Consensus signal: Case report
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.120
Threshold uncertainty score0.999

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.062
GPT teacher head0.318
Teacher spread0.257 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it