[Transient synovitis of the hip in childhood. "observation hip" (author's transl)].

Abstract

Thirty-eight children suffering of a transient synovitis of the hip joint have been reviewed with a follow up of 2 to 20 years (mean 7 years). It appears that this affection is not as benign as it seems, for in 1/3 of the cases it remains clinical and roentgenographic sequelae some of them looking like a minor degree of Legg Perthes' disease. The authors insist on the treatment, with traction in bed, and on the necessity of a new roentgenogram 45 days after the onset of the illness, to exclude the risk of an osteochondritis of the hip joint. Nuclide bone scan cannot affirm the diagnosis of transient synovitis, but can only eliminate an osteochondritis of the hip when it shows hyperfixation of the hip.

• Authors: J F Mallet, P Rigault, J P Padovani, P Touzet
• Journal: Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur (Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot) Vol. 67 Issue 8 Pg. 791-803 ( 1981) ISSN: 0035-1040 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: La synovite aiguë transitoire de hanche de l'enfant et son avenir à long terme. Le "rhume de la hanche".
• PMID: 6211741 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Factors
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hip Joint (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Radiography
• Seasons
• Synovitis (diagnostic imaging, pathology, therapy)
• Traction