title: Pediatric hip sonography. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
abstract: As with any sonographic study, the accuracy of the examination is related to the skill and experience of the examiner. In this review of pediatric hip sonography, we have reviewed pitfalls and differential diagnoses for the infant suspected of DDH and for the older child presenting with a painful hip. The learning process for DDH evaluation is prolonged and more difficult than learning to assess the hip for effusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. tharcke@nemours.org
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Harcke
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Grissom
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006615:Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography