Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 198-202, September 2007

Distinguishing Transient Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome of the Hip from Femoral Head Osteonecrosis

  • Kyung-Hoi Koo, MD

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  • Tae-Young Kim, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.

In this review, femoral head osteonecrosis and transient bone marrow edema syndrome are discriminated. In order to reach a proper differential diagnosis, clinical findings, corresponding or divergent imaging patterns and possible pathophysiologies of the two diseases are described.

Keywords: hip, bone marrow edema, osteonecrosis

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PII: S1045-4527(07)00040-5

doi:10.1053/j.sart.2007.06.006

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 198-202, September 2007

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