title: Acute idiopathic chondrolysis and primary acetabular protrusio may be the same disease.
abstract: The case histories and investigations for five adolescent girls with a presumed diagnosis of either primary acetabular protrusio or acute idiopathic chondrolysis are presented. The follow-up ranged from three to nine years. All were treated by extensive soft-tissue release but in no case did this improve movement of the affected hip and permanent stiffness was the inevitable result. The literature is reviewed and methods of treatment are discussed in the light of the CT findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sherlock
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed