Abstract
A bedridden 88-year-old woman with a remote right total hip arthroplasty and Child-Pugh B liver cirrhosis with ascites presented to the emergency department with progressive nontraumatic right leg swelling for 1 month (Figure 1). She was afebrile, and examination revealed painful right hip movement with mild right lower abdominal tenderness. Laboratory test results showed a WBC count of 10.3 × 103/μL, C-reactive protein level of 28.7 mg/dL, hemoglobin level of 8.3 g/dL, and international normalized ratio of 1.1.
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