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Table 2 Patients with tumors at the site of metal implants

From: Low-grade myxofibrosarcoma following a metal implantation in femur: a case report

Reference

Year

Age (y) at implant/sex

Implant site

Implant material

Tumor type

Latent period (y)

McDougall A[23]

1956

12/M

Humerus

Stainless steel plate (FeCrNi) and screws (FeCr)

Ewing’s sarcoma

30

Delgado ER[24]

1958

37/M

Tibia

Eggers’ plate and screws

Osteosarcoma

3

Dube VE et al.[25]

1972

58/M

Tibia

Steel plate and screws

Hemangioendothelioma

26

Tayton KJ[26]

1980

4/F

Femur

Sherman plate (CoCrMo) and screws

Ewing’s sarcoma

7

McDonald I[27]

1981

31/M

Tibia

Sherman plate (CoCrMo) and screws

Histiocytic lymphoma

17

Penman HG et al.[28]

1984

75/F

Hip

Cobalt-chrome prosthesis

Osteosarcoma

16

Bagó-Granell J et al.[29]

1984

75/F

Hip

Charnley-Müller prosthesis

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

2

Swann M[30]

1984

63/M

Hip

McKee-Farrar prosthesis (CoCrMo)

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

3

Weber PC[31]

1986

76/F

Knee

CoCrMo prosthesis

Epitheliod sarcoma

4.5

Hughes AW et al.[32]

1987

14/M

Femur

Sherman screw (CoCr)

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

29

Haag M et al.[33]

1989

69/F

Hip

Weber-Huggler prosthesis

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

14

Ward JJ et al.[35]

1990

65/F

Femur

Smith-Petersen nail

Osteosarcoma

9

Khurana JS et al.[36]

1991

25/M

Femur

Hansen Street intramedullary nail

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

14

Gatti GM et al.[37]

1999

37/M

Femur

Stainless steel implant

Rhabdomyosarcoma

11

Hinarejos P et al.[38]

2000

28/M

Tibia

Stainless steel plate and screws

Fibrosarcoma

30

Adams JE et al.[39]

2003

63/M

Hip

Titanium and cobalt alloy prosthesis

Osteosarcoma

3

Albert A et al.[40]

2009

75/F

Knee

Insall Burstein prosthesis

Angiosarcoma

10

Palraj B et al.[41]

2010

70/M

Tibia

Stainless steel plate and screws

Anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma

7

Dorrestijn O et al.[42]

2011

58/M

Femur

Unreamed intramedullary nail

Osteosarcoma

2