TRANSIENT OSTEOPROSIS OF HIP
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1977
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Osteoporosis in a painful hip is usually a sign of inflammation or tumor. There does exist a self-limited clinical entity that presents with pain in the hip and where the only roentgenological manifestation is osteoporosis. Eight patients with this disease are described: 5 men and 3 women, ranging in age from 29-50 yr. In 4 patients, the onset of disease was related to sprain, pregnancy or delivery. Laboratory analyses and the clinical course of the disease excluded inflammation or a neoplasm as the cause. All patients fully recovered within 12 mo., with no sequelae. The etiology of the disease remains unknown.