title: Investigation of the irritable hip.
abstract: The respective roles of conventional radiography, ultrasound scanning, and radionuclide scintigraphy in the investigation of 62 children with the irritable hip syndrome are compared. It is recommended that conventional radiography and ultrasound scanning be routinely performed, but scintigraphy should be reserved for those with positive findings on ultrasound, as an abnormal scintigram is unusual in the presence of a normal ultrasound scan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, England.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Royle
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004322:Drainage; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate