Musculoskeletal #36

35-year-old patient:
– With persistent right hip pain
– Pain exacerbated by abduction/external rotation
– MRI arthrogram requested

Showing images from an MR-arthrography:

What are the findings?

What are the findings?

There is a complete tear in the anterosuperior labrum, located around the 2 o’clock position.

Reference: Schmaranzer F et al: Diagnostic performance of direct traction MR arthrography of the hip: detection of chondral and labral lesions with arthroscopic comparison. Eur Radiol. 25(6):1721-30, 2014

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