title: Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in children: early MRI findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to identify the early MRI findings characteristic of idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A geometric region of abnormal signal intensity centered in the proximal femoral epiphysis, accompanied by ipsilateral ill-defined acetabular bone marrow edema, mild synovial hypertrophy, and minimal if any joint fluid, in a child with a painful stiff hip are early MRI findings characteristic of idiopathic chondrolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. laor@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laor
authors.forename: Alvin H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media