Metastasis of renal cell carcinoma around suture anchor implants.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34078020.
- Also identified by DOI 10.5397/cise.2021.00199 and PMC identifier 8181848.
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Abstract
We present an unusual case of bone metastases from renal cell carcinoma around orthopedic implants in a 78-year-old female with osteolytic, expansile, highly vascularized, malignant infiltration around suture anchors in the proximal humerus. The patient had undergone arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using suture anchor implants 6 years previously. After diagnosis of bone metastasis, she was successfully treated with metastasectomy and internal fixation using a plate and screws, with cement augmentation. This report is the first to document metastases around a suture anchor in a bone and suggests the vulnerability of suture anchor implants to tumor metastasis.