Research Article: Value of MR arthrography for evaluation of children and adolescents with clinically suspected intraarticular cause of hip pain
Introduction:
Hip pain in children and adolescents is a common cause for pediatric and orthopedic consultations with an overall incidence of 148 cases per 100 000 persons per year [1, 2] and a broad range of infectious, inflammatory, traumatic, developmental, or neoplastic differential diagnosis [3]. The use of hip arthroscopy in pediatric patients has also grown considerably in the recent years [4]. Conventional radiography of the affected side followed by ultrasound is typically recommended as primary imaging tool for…
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