Journal article
Imaging evaluation of hip capsule disorders: a comprehensive review
Skeletal radiology, Vol.54(3), pp.387-406
03/2025
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-024-04766-5
PMID: 39096373
Abstract
The hip capsule and capsular ligaments play crucial roles in providing hip stability and mobility. Their role in hip pathologies is being increasingly recognized, underscoring the need for thorough imaging evaluation, which is better performed through MRI-arthrography. Various diseases affect the hip capsule directly or indirectly. Improper mechanical loading, as seen in conditions such as femoroacetabular impingement or chondrolabral pathology, can induce capsule thickening, whereas thinning and laxity of the capsule are characteristics of microinstability. Inflammatory conditions, including adhesive capsulitis of the hip, crystal deposition disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, and infections, also lead to capsular changes. Traumatic events, particularly posterior hip dislocations, cause capsule ligament disruption and may lead to hip macroinstability. Friction syndromes can lead to capsular edema due to impingement of the adjacent capsule. Hip arthroscopy can result in various postoperative findings ranging from fibrotic adhesions to focal or extensive capsule discontinuation. Although the significance of hip capsule thickness and morphology in the pathogenesis of hip diseases remains unclear, radiologists must recognize capsule alterations on imaging evaluation. These insights can aid clinicians in accurately diagnosing and effectively managing patients with hip conditions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Imaging evaluation of hip capsule disorders: a comprehensive review
- Creators
- Renata Vidal Leao - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsRenata Fernandes Batista Pereira - Hospital Sírio-LibanêsRaul Omena Martins - Hospital Sírio-LibanêsViviane Sayuri Yamachira - Hospital Sírio-LibanêsDenise Tokechi Amaral - Hospital Sírio-LibanêsLeandro Ejnisman - Albert Einstein College of MedicineMarcos Felippe de Paula Correa - Hospital Sírio-LibanêsPaulo Victor Partezani Helito - Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Skeletal radiology, Vol.54(3), pp.387-406
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00256-024-04766-5
- PMID
- 39096373
- ISSN
- 0364-2348
- eISSN
- 1432-2161
- Number of pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/03/2024
- Date published
- 03/2025
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984697633002771
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