title: Habitual dislocation of the hip.
abstract: We report the case of a girl, aged 2 years, who was able to dislocate her right hip voluntarily and in whom there was no other abnormality. She was given psychological treatment and the condition resolved after 2 years. Eight similar cases of habitual dislocation of the hip are reported in the world literature.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Heras
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Hidalgo
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Garcia Mata
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Martinez Grande
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence