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Periprosthetic Metastatic Lung Carcinoma About a Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report
Catalina Baez1, Alex J Nusbickel2, Jacquelyn A Knapik3
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Case:
A 64-year-old man presented with unrelenting left knee pain and an unremarkable radiograph 4 months after revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Pain persisted, despite conservative management, and repeat imaging demonstrated significant lysis of the left medial tibial condyle. A biopsy demonstrated metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Management with excision and curettage of the tibial lesion was followed by palliative radiotherapy and chemotherapy until the patient died 7 months later.
Conclusion:
This case highlights metastasis as an etiology for persistent TKA pain in a patient with significant risk factors.
