Usefulness of MRI in Differentiating Between Septic Arthritis and Transient Synovitis in the Hip Joint

Abd-Elhamid, Mahmoud Youssef; Solyman, Mohammad Tharwat; Shiha, Anis; Zaky, Khaled F

doi:10.21608/smj.2017.41255

Usefulness of MRI in Differentiating Between Septic Arthritis and Transient Synovitis in the Hip Joint

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

² Department of Radiology; faculty of medicine; Sohag University.

³ Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

⁴ Department, of Radiology, sohag Faculty of Medicine.

10.21608/smj.2017.41255

Abstract

Septic arthritis and transient synovitis are the two most common diseases among young patients with acute hip pain. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and diagnostic accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in differentiating between septic arthritis and transient synovitis. This study included 25 patients; the final diagnosis by culture and sensitivity was 16 septic arthritis and 9 patient was diagnosed as transient synovitis. We found that sensitivity and specificity of post contrast MRI with fat suppression for differentiation between septic arthritis and transient synovitis are 100%.

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