We report a case presenting an important and early metallosis. Three months after a total hip arthroplasty primary using ceramic-ceramic pair, the patient sustained ceramic head fracture was revised to a metal-on-polyethylene articulation. Fourteen months later, a metallosis pseudotumor caused by the fracture of the metal head was observed. The patient was then revised to a metal-metal pair preserving the femoral component since it was well anchored while the Morse cone connection had a small impact. Two years after the last surgery the results are satisfactory.... [Leer más...]