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Idiopathic chondrolysis — diagnostic difficulties

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Four cases of idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in three white girls and one Maori girl are reported. The authors stress the causes why a disease with characteristic clinical and radiographic appearances and normal biochemical findings presents diagnostic difficulties. It is suspected that idiopathic chondrolysis is a metabolic disorder of chondrocytes, triggered by environmental circumstances in susceptible individuals. Idiopathic chondrolysis is probably one of the most common causes of coxarthrosis in women.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown 2050, Sydney, Australia

    K. Kozlowski & J. Scougall

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown 2050, Sydney, Australia

    K. Kozlowski & J. Scougall

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Kozlowski, K., Scougall, J. Idiopathic chondrolysis — diagnostic difficulties. Pediatr Radiol 14, 314–317 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01601883

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