Dr. Jarrod Dale examines a source of lateral hip pain, that while common, is frequently misunderstood.
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
× Clinical History: A 30 year-old female presents with chronic hip pain to evaluate for femoroacetabular impingement. Coronal (1A) and axial oblique (1B) fat-suppressed proton density-weighted images are provided. What are the findings? ...
Gynecological Findings Encountered on Musculoskeletal MRI
A 35 year-old female runner with bilateral hip pain presents for MRI of the pelvis. Sagittal and coronal T2-weighted (1a,b), axial intermediate-weighted with fat suppression (1c), and coronal post-gadolinium T1-weighted with fat suppression (1d) images of the pelvis are provided.
Pediatric Hip Disorders
A 6-year-old boy presents to the orthopaedic surgeon with a one-week history of right groin pain with no known trauma or injury. Coronal T1 and fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR images (1A, 1B) through the right hip were performed, with x-ray correlate also provided (1C).
Postoperative Hip MRI in Patients Treated for FAI
In this month’s Radsource MRI Web Clinic, Dr. Elizabeth Carpenter examines the challenging MRI findings that may be encountered in the postoperative hip.
Atypical Scan Angles in Musculoskeletal MRI
In the March 2017 Radsource MRI Web Clinic, Drs. Leon Toye and Nabeel Anwar discuss the utility of non-orthogonal imaging planes in the evaluation of the musculoskeletal system.
Ankylosing Spondylitis
A 16 year-old male presented to his physician complaining of low back pain and stiffness and bilateral hip pain for 2 years.
Iliopsoas Tendinopathy
A 77 year-old female presents with left groin pain with prominent hip flexion weakness for a month, with no known injury.
Proximal Iliotibial Band Syndrome
Clinical History: A 53 year-old female complains of progressive pain around the area of the iliac crest with no history of trauma. A T2-weighted fat suppression image in the coronal plane of the pelvis is provided.
MRI of Rectus Femoris / Quadriceps Injury
Clinical History: A 16 year-old female track athlete presents with a 6 week history of a thigh mass and pain. Axial proton density fat-suppressed (1a) and sagittal T2-weighted fat-suppressed (1b) images are provided. What are the findings? What is your diagnosis?...
Acetabular Labral Tear
Clinical History: A 15 year-old female runner with a history of pain and possible stress fracture. (1a) Coronal T2-weighted with fat saturation and (1b) Axial proton density-weighted with fat saturation images of the right hip are provided. What are the findings? What...
Articular Osteochondroses of the Lower Extremity
Clinical History: A 9 year old boy presents for imaging with a 4 week history of medial and lateral ankle pain and progressive swelling. (1a) A single sagittal T1-weighted image through the right foot is provided. What are the findings? What is the diagnosis? [figure...
Ischiofemoral Impingement Syndrome
Clinical history: A 38 year old female presents with a 10 month history of right hip and groin pain. Axial and sagittal fat-saturated proton density images are provided. What are the findings? What is your diagnosis? Findings ...
Femoroacetabular Impingement
Clinical History: A 22 year old collegiate soccer player presents with bilateral groin pain. MR arthrography was performed bilaterally. What are the findings? What is your diagnosis? Findings Diagnosis...
Hip Arthroplasty
Clinical History: A 60 year-old male presents with recurrent left hip pain 13 years following total joint replacement of the left hip. (1a) Coronal T1-weighted and (1b) coronal STIR images of the hip are provided. What are the findings? What is your diagnosis? [figure...
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Clinical History: A 10 year-old girl presents with a limp and pain in the right thigh and knee after a fall onto the right knee five months ago. MR imaging of the right knee was normal. MRI of the right hip was obtained and coronal T1 (1a), coronal fat-suppressed T2...
Piriformis Syndrome
Clinical History: A 48 year-old female presents with chronic right hip and pelvic pain. Coronal T1-weighed (1a), axial T2-weighted (1b) and coronal inversion recovery (1c) images are provided. What are the findings? What is the diagnosis? ...
Athletic Pubalgia
Clinical History: A 20 year-old skater complains of chronic pubic pain radiating to the left groin. (1a) Fat-suppressed T2-weighted coronal, (1b) proton density-weighted axial, and (1c) proton density-weighted sagittal images are provided. What are the findings? What...
Apophyseal Avulsion Injury of the Pelvis
Clinical history: A 15 year-old male soccer player presents with left hip pain and weakness for four weeks without known injury. He has severe pain over the left anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) after activity. (1a) An axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted images of...
Hamstring Tears
Clinical History: A 29 year-old professional football player was injured while trying to make a catch. (1a) Sagittal T2-weighted, (1b) fat-suppressed axial proton density-weighted, and (1c) fat-suppressed coronal proton density-weighted images are provided. What are...
AVN of the Hip
Clinical History: A 62 year-old male with a history of right sciatica and previous right femoral head core decompression for avascular necrosis (AVN) presents with recurrent pain. A coronal T1-weighted image (1a) is shown. What is the unexpected finding and what is...
Gluteus Minimus Tear & Trochanteric Bursitis
Clinical History: 70 year-old female with chronic left hip pain. Coronal T1-weighted (1a), Coronal STIR (1b), and Axial T2-weighted (1c) images are provided. What are the findings? What is your diagnosis? Findings ...
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