Marshall Digital Scholar

PHACT vs. Fiction

Hani Nazha, WVU
Sneha Raghunath, Charleston Area Medical Center
Gary Kanner, West Virginia University

Description

Introduction and objective: Prosthetic hip-associated cobalt toxicity (PHACT) is a rare cause of cobalt toxicity from metal-on metal (MoM) total hip prosthesis. There are few reports of PHACT and only one case report from our review that reported tremor as a presenting symptom (7).