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Vol. 67 No. 2 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.830

Magnetic resonance imaging features of hip disorders in an Egyptian pediatric population

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Received: 29 May 2015
Published: 16 September 2015
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Pediatric hip disorders, magnetic resonance imaging of hip, transient synovitis, seronegative enthesopathy and arthropathy, sickle-cell disease, camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxavara-pericarditis syndrome.

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Y. Ragab
Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Radiology Department, Dr. Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
M. Nabih
Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Pediatric Department Dr. Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
I. Aly
Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
A. Kamal
Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
M. A. Abd-Allah
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
R. El-Refai
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Y. Emad
yasseremad68@gmail.com
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
A. El-Naggar
Orthopedic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Orthopedic Department, Dr. Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
N. El-Shaarawy
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
J.J. Rasker
Rheumatology Department, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
Hip disorders in a pediatric population are a diagnostic challenge. The aim of the study is to assess the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of non-traumatic hip disorders in a series of Egyptian patients and to review the literature on the most common hip conditions. Seventy two consecutive patients [40 males (55.6%) and 32 females (44.4)] with acute onset of hip complaints unrelated to trauma or falls were recruited. All patients underwent an initial full clinical assessment and blood tests as well as contrast enhanced MRI of both hips. The most common diagnosis in this group of Egyptian patients was transient synovitis in 29 (40.3%) cases, followed by seronegative enthesopathy and arthropathy syndrome in 8 (11.1%), septic arthritis in 10 (13.9%), tuberculous arthritis in 4 (5.6%), sickle-cell disease in 7 (9.7%), complicated with septic arthritis in 3 (4.2%), transient bone marrow edema (BME) in 3 (4.2%), osteomyelitis in 2 (2.8%), osteosarcoma in 2 (2.8%), sciatic nerve injury in 1 (1.4%), leukemia with BME in 1 (1.4%), coxa vara of both hips and L5/S1 facet joint ankylosis in 1 (1.4%), and a benign bone cyst in 1 (1.4%). MRI studies showed hip effusion in a total of 51 patients (70.8%), joint space narrowing in 9 (12.5%), and BME in 15(20.8%). MRI is a sensitive tool for assessing hip disorders in a pediatric population and can play an important role in both diagnosis and management of different hip disorders, irrespective of the underlying pathology.

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Magnetic resonance imaging features of hip disorders in an Egyptian pediatric population. Reumatismo [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 16 [cited 2026 Sep. 4];67(2):68-77. Available from: https://www.reumatismo.org/reuma/article/view/830

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