title: Magnetic resonance imaging of hip tumors.
abstract: After initial evaluation with radiography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is the most common modality used to establish the diagnosis and characterize osseous and soft tissue tumors of the hip. Tumors involving the proximal femur are often benign, and MR imaging can be specific in diagnosing solitary bone cyst, osteochondroma, and chondroblastoma. Benign and malignant soft tissue tumors about the hip are often nonspecific in their MR imaging appearances, but knowledge of the patient's age may direct a more limited differential diagnosis. In the setting of malignancy, MR imaging is commonly used to stage tumors and follow patients postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Florida Hospital, Florida State University School of Medicine, Orlando, FL 32803, USA. Laura.Bancroft.md@flhosp.org
authors.forename: Laura W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Bancroft
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pettis
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wasyliw
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media