Hip arthropathy in a patient with primary hemochromatosis: MR imaging findings with pathologic correlation |
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Authors: | Olympia Papakonstantinou Aurea V. R. Mohana-Borges Loretta Campell Debra Trudell Parviz Haghighi Donald Resnick |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA;(2) Department of Pathology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, California, USA;(3) Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
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Abstract: | Arthropathy is a major clinical manifestation in primary hemochromatosis, typically affecting the metacarpophalangeal joints. Hip arthropathy is not uncommon, with radiologic features resembling osteoarthritis or calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease. We describe the MR imaging findings of the hip in a patient with severe hip arthropathy and primary hemochromatosis and correlate them with the histopathologic findings. MR imaging showed severe degenerative changes, with large subchondral cysts and subchondral sclerosis in the femoral head and acetabulum. There was conspicuous correlation between MR imaging and pathologic findings of the resected femoral head. However, MR imaging failed to reveal intra-articular iron. |
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Keywords: | Hip Arthropathy Hemochromatosis MR imaging |
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