Case Report Case report and presentation of a new classification system for hip acetabular and periacetabular ossifications and calcifications

Luis Perez-Carro, Oscar Perez-Fernandez, Alvaro Cerezal Canga, Jegathesan T, Luis Antonio Ruiz-Villanueva, Luis Cerezal-Pesquera

South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 28, No 1 | a2874 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v28i1.2874 | © 2024 Luis Perez-Carro, Oscar Perez-Fernandez, Alvaro Cerezal Canga, Jegathesan T, Luis Antonio Ruiz-Villanueva, Luis Cerezal-Pesquera | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 February 2024 | Published: 31 May 2024

About the author(s) Luis Perez-Carro, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Mompia, Santander, Spain
Oscar Perez-Fernandez, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Mompia, Santander, Spain
Alvaro Cerezal Canga, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Jegathesan T, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Tan Tock Seng, Singapore
Luis Antonio Ruiz-Villanueva, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Mompia, Santander, Spain
Luis Cerezal-Pesquera, Department of Radiology, Diagnostico Medico Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Abstract

This report describes a rare case in which double calcifications of the acetabular labrum and rectus femoris occurred concomitantly in a middle-aged female patient who was treated successfully with surgical intervention via hip arthroscopy.

Contribution: This case highlights the existence of various types of calcifications around the acetabulum, with a proposed new classification system for acetabular and periacetabular rim ossifications.

Keywords

hip; arthroscopy; labrum; rectus femoris; ossification

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