RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Transient osteoporosis of the hip: clinical and imaging features
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 483
OP 488
VO 59
IS 5
A1 Schils, Jean
A1 Piraino, David
A1 Richmond, Bradford J.
A1 Stulberg, Bernard
A1 Belhobek, George H.
A1 Licata, Angelo A.
YR 1992
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/59/5/483.abstract
AB Transient osteoporosis of the hip is a form of reflex sympathetic dystrophy characterized by pain, limping, limitation of hip joint motion, and delayed radiographic patchy osteoporosis of the proximal femur. Spontaneous resolution is usually paralleled by radiographic recovery, usually within a few months. We present clinical and imaging features in seven cases of unilateral transient osteoporosis of the hip. In the appropriate clinical setting, conventional radiography will support the diagnosis. The role of more sensitive imaging techniques such as bone scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging in the early diagnosis of this disease has yet to be defined.