Idiopathic chondrolysis--diagnostic difficulties. Report of four cases.
Four cases of idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in three white girls and one Maori girl are reported. The authors stress the causes why a disease with characteristic clinical and radiographic appearances and normal biochemical findings presents diagnostic difficulties. It is suspected that idiopathic chondrolysis is a metabolic disorder of chondrocytes, triggered by environmental circumstances in susceptible individuals. Idiopathic chondrolysis is probably one of the most common causes of coxarthrosis in women.
D000293:Adolescent; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography