Metastasis of renal cell carcinoma around suture anchor implants
- Author:
Samuel BAEK
1
;
Myung Ho SHIN
;
Tae Min KIM
;
Kyung-Soo OH
;
Dong Ryun LEE
;
Seok Won CHUNG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow 2021;24(2):110-113
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
