Initial change in transient osteoporosis of the hip on magnetic resonance images: a case report.
We report the case of a 29-year-old Japanese man with transient osteoporosis of the left hip (TOH) following contralateral TOH, paying special attention to the initial changes on MRI. MR images showed no abnormal findings 6 weeks before the clinical manifestation, but the images just after the onset depicted a linear abnormality equivalent to a subchondral insufficiency fracture. Both radiological findings and clinical symptoms disappeared completely without any surgical intervention within 10 months.
Horii
Motoyuki
M
Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan. horii@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Inoue
Shigehiro
S
Fujioka
Mikihiro
M
Ueshima
Keiichirou
K
Suehara
Hiroshi
H
Kubo
Toshikazu
T