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OSTEOCHONDROMATOSIS OF THE HIP JOINT

Ross Bloom 1; and J. N. Pattinson 1

1 The Orthopaedic and Radiodiagnostic Departments, the Middlesex Hospital, London, London, England

1. Three cases of osteochondromatosis of the hip joint are described.

2. Attention is drawn to the diagnostic importance of erosions at the junction of head and neck of the femur, and the conical shape of the femoral neck.

3. Arthrography is of particular value in diagnosis when the loose bodies are radio-translucent.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General