CASE REPORT
A case of spontaneous hemoarthrosis after a total knee arthroplasty
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Masahiko Suzuki1, Jun Kakizaki1, Tadashi Tsukeoka1,
Yoshikazu Tsuneizumi1, Jin Miyagi11 and Hidesige Moriya1
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan |
Received: 18 January 2006 Accepted: 27 April 2006
Abstract A 63-year-old woman with osteoarthritis had undergone right total knee arthroplasty. Nineteen months later, the patient presented with a recurrent hemoarthrosis. Open arthrotomy revealed hypertrophic synovium with small clots in the suprapatellar pouch, but entrapment of synovial tissues could not be observed. Histological examination of the extirpated specimen showed fibrous hypertrophy of synovium. The patient has no symptoms 51 months after surgery.
Key words Hemoarthrosis - Hypertrophic synovium - Osteoarthritis - Total knee arthroplasty
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