TOPIC: RANDOM MIX

When evaluating a patient with a painful metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty, which specific finding on a Metal Artifact Reduction Sequence (MARS) MRI is most characteristic of an Adverse Local Tissue Reaction (ALTR)?

A Massive, aggressive osteolysis localized exclusively to the greater trochanter
B A thick-walled, cystic or solid pseudotumor mass in the periprosthetic soft tissues
C An occult, non-displaced periprosthetic fracture of the medial acetabular wall
D Severe, isolated fatty atrophy of the psoas muscle belly

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