title: Adult-onset idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip.
abstract: We report the case of a 23-year-old man diagnosed with adult-onset idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip. Chondrolysis of the hip is a disorder most frequently seen in children who have suffered with slipped capital femoral epiphyses. Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip is extremely rare and to our knowledge, its onset has never been documented in adults aged over 20. With reference to the available medical literature, we summarise the current clinical management of this unusual but important cause of young adult hip pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK. liam.yapp@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Liam Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Yapp
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Liusaidh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McClymont
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Beggs
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaston
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Salter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chondrolysis; Hip pain