title: Evaluation of Labral Pathology and Hip Articular Cartilage in Patients with Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI): Comparison of Multidetector CT Arthrography and MR Arthrography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To compare the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) arthrography (CTa) and magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography (MRa) findings with surgical findings in patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and to evaluate the diagnostic performance of these methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  Labral pathology and articular cartilage were prospectively evaluated with MRa and CTa in 14 hips of 14 patients. The findings were evaluated by two musculoskeletal radiologists with 10 and 20 years of experience, respectively. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive predictive value were determined using surgical findings as the standard of reference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While the disagreement between observers was recorded in two cases of labral tearing with MRa, there was a complete consensus with CTa. Disagreement between observers was found in four cases of femoral cartilage loss with both MRa and CTa. Disagreement was also recorded in only one case of acetabular cartilage loss with both methods. The percent sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for correctly assessing the labral tearing were as follows for MRa/CTa, respectively: 100/100, 50/100, 86/100 (p<0.05). The same values for acetabular cartilage assessment were 89/56, 40/60, 71/71 (p>0.05) and for femoral cartilage assessment were 100/75, 90/70, 86/71 (p>0.05). Inter-observer reliability value showed excellent agreement for labral tearing with CTa (κ=1.0). Inter-observer agreement was substantial to excellent with regard to acetabular cartilage assessment with MRa and CTa (κ=0.76 for MRa and κ=0.86 for CTa).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inter-observer reliability with CTa is excellent for labral tearing assessment. CTa seems to have an equal sensitivity and a higher specificity than MRa for the detection of labral pathology. MRa is better, but not statistically significantly, in demonstrating acetabular and femoral cartilage pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cuneyt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calisir
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Omeroglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ulukan
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Inan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fezan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaya
keywords: Arthrography; Femoracetabular Impingement; Hip; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Multidetector Computed Tomography