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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:1784 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Michel Péoc'h, M.D., Dominique Pasquier, M.D., Basile Pasquier, M.D., David R. Morawski, M.D., Richard D. Coutts, M.D., Edgar G. Handal, M.D., Richard Santore, M.D., Joseph Luibel, M.D. and John L. Ricci, Ph.D.

TO THE EDITOR:

We read "Polyethylene Debris in Lymph Nodes after a Total Hip Arthroplasty. A Report of Two Cases" (77-A: 772–776, May 1995), by Morawski et al., with much interest. The authors presented two cases of what pathologists call histiocytosis after hip replacement1,4, which were discovered during dissection of pelvic lymph nodes in association with a radical prostatectomy. These two cases are demonstrative of a relatively new and rare pathological aspect of what can be found during dissection of pelvic lymph nodes for any pelvic carcinoma (bladder, prostate, or uterus). First, we would like to point out the importance of informing the pathologist of the presence and nature of an arthroplasty . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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