Operative treatment of hip impingement caused by hypertrophy of the anterior inferior iliac spine

• DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.90b5.20005
• Publication Date: 2008-04-30T21:29:52Z
• Authors: HL. Pan; K. Kawanabe; H. Akiyama; K. Goto; E. Onishi; T. Nakamura
• Keywords: Hip pain

A 30-year-old man presented with pain and limitation of movement the right hip. The symptoms had failed to respond conservative treatment. Radiographs CT scans revealed evidence impingement between femoral head-neck junction an abnormally large anterior inferior iliac spine. Resection hypertrophic spine was performed which produced full painless restoration function Hypertrophy as a cause femoro-acetabular has not previously been described.