Luiz Rocha de Arruda Camara MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Juliana Frota Guimaraes MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Luciana Satiro Timbo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Olavo Kyosen Nakamura MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Durval Do Carmo Barros Santos MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Laercio A. Rosemberg MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Luiz Guilherme Hartmann MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Marcelo B. Funari MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

The purpose of this exhibit is to provide a comprehensive review and illustration of adhesive capsulitis of the hip, using Magnetic Resonance (MRI) findings and emphasizing the aspects which help to differentiate it from other diseases.

1. Briefly review the anatomy of normal hip. 2. Review and illustrate five cases of adhesive capsulitis of the hip. 3. Review etiologies and illustrate other causes of swelling and thickening of the hip joint capsule. 4. Discuss and describe the key signs which help to differentiate adhesive capsulitis from other causes of capsular thickening and edema.

The adhesive capsulitis of the hip is a condition rarely described, but probably underdiagnosed. The clinical symptoms resemble those of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, consisting of painful limitation of joint mobility. In MRI, there is thickening of the joint capsule with edema and pericapsular enhancement. The diagnosis is confirmed by arthroscopy. The radiologist must know how to recognize this disease and include it in the differential diagnoses, allowing a proper therapeutic approach.

Camara, L, Guimaraes, J, Timbo, L, Nakamura, O, Santos, D, Rosemberg, L, Hartmann, L, Funari, M, Adhesive Capsulitis of the Hip: Key Imaging Features.  Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1 - December 6, 2013 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2013/13025521.html