Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip joint と考えられる2症例

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Chondrolysis of the cartilage of the hip joint has been described frequently in patients with slipped capital femoral epiphysis. We observed chondrolysis of the hip joint in two adolescent male without slipped capital femoral epiphysis, infection, rheumatoid disease and ankylosing spondylitis. Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip joint is characterized by pain and limp in adolescence, with progressive loss of articular cartilage space and stiffness of the hip joint. Our two patients were satisfactorily treated with R. O. M. exercise, non-weight bearing and leg traction on pain.