Tal Laor1, Alvin H Crawford. 1. Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. laor@cchmc.org
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to identify the early MRI findings characteristic of idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in children. CONCLUSION: A geometric region of abnormal signal intensity centered in the proximal femoral epiphysis, accompanied by ipsilateral ill-defined acetabular bone marrow edema, mild synovial hypertrophy, and minimal if any joint fluid, in a child with a painful stiff hip are early MRI findings characteristic of idiopathic chondrolysis.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to identify the early MRI findings characteristic of idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in children. CONCLUSION: A geometric region of abnormal signal intensity centered in the proximal femoral epiphysis, accompanied by ipsilateral ill-defined acetabular bone marrow edema, mild synovial hypertrophy, and minimal if any joint fluid, in a child with a painful stiff hip are early MRI findings characteristic of idiopathic chondrolysis.
Authors: Khaled T Kampani; Dimitrios V Papadopoulos; Andreas G Tsantes; Anna Batistatou; Aristotelis Fylaktos; Christos D Papageorgiou Journal: Rheumatol Int Date: 2019-01-05 Impact factor: 2.631