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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 68-B, Issue 3, 400-403
Copyright © 1986 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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The torn acetabular labrum

JH Dorrell and A Catterall

Eleven patients with tears of the acetabular labrum are discussed and the syndrome of the torn labrum is defined. In all cases the lesion was associated with acetabular dysplasia, and a constant early radiological sign was a cyst in the lateral aspect of the acetabulum. The diagnosis was confirmed by arthrography. It is suggested that these tears are degenerative, occurring as a consequence of abnormal stresses imposed by the uncovered lateral portion of the femoral head. Once a tear is present a localised stress point occurs on the femoral head, leading rapidly to degenerative arthritis.


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