title: Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip. A distinct clinical entity?
abstract: We report 4 cases of idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in children, a rare disease. In several aspects, there was a close resemblance to classical pauciarticular juvenile chronic arthritis. Hence, we question the clinical entity denoted as idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Children and Youth Het Wilhelmina Kinder Ziekenhuis, Dept. of Orthopedics and Pediatric Rheumatology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van der Hoeven
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keessen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013585:Synovitis / Q000209:etiology