Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, April 13th, 2009
"Here we report a patient with an acute hip arthritis due to HA crystal deposition of the round ligament. Therefore, HA crystal deposition in periarticular tendons and ligaments of the hip should be added to the differential diagnosis of an acute hip arthritis," wrote J.B. Arlet and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "Computed tomographic scan may be useful when standard radiographs do not evidence the calcification."
Arlet and colleagues published the results of...
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