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CASE REPORT: RAPID OSTEOLYSIS FOLLOWING REVISION HIP ARTHROPLASTY IN PAGET’S DISEASE.



Abstract

Rapid bone turnover in Paget’s disease has been of concern to many surgeons performing hip arthroplasties. We present the case of a 71-year-old man with Paget’s disease affecting the proximal femur who fourteen years prior had undergone total hip arthroplasty. He sustained a fracture at the tip of the femoral component that was managed with revision total hip arthroplasty. His postoperative course was complicated by rapid and profound osteolysis of the femur distal to the fracture site, secondary to disease activity. This case highlights the need for awareness of Paget’s disease activity and this potential complication.

Correspondence should be addressed to the editorial secretary: Associate Professor Jean-Claude Theis, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, Private Bag 1921, Dunedin, New Zealand.