Idiopathic Transient Osteoporosis of the hip と考えられた一症例について

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Curtiss et al. reported three cases of transient osteoporosis of the hip in 1959. This syndrome is very rare and consists of pain in the hip in an adult, lasting for a few months, and then remitting completely, without exacerbation or residual impariment. A 25-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital becanse of limp and pain of the left hip joint. Roentgenograms revealed marked demineralization of the involved temoral head with preservation of the joint space. The clinical course of this patient was benign with complete recovery in about 6 months. The mechanism of demineralization renains uncertain.