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To the Editor: Péoc'h and colleagues (July 11 issue)¹ reported a systemic granulomatous reaction to a foreign body after a hip replacement. We recently reported a case of a sarcoid-like reaction to particulate debris from a failed total knee replacement in an ipsilateral inguinal lymph node and in periprosthetic tissue.² The tissue had a pathological appearance similar to that reported by the authors.

The potential for systemic dissemination of degradation products from joint-replacement components is well known.³ One should be cautious, however, about identifying particulate material within tissues with the use of light-microscopical techniques alone. The composition of metallic and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Systemic Granulomatous Reaction to a Foreign Body after Hip Replacement
Peoc'h M., Moulin C., Pasquier B.
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N Engl J Med 1996; 335:133-134, Jul 11, 1996. Correspondence

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