Abductor tendon tear and bursitis after total hip arthroplasty
Updates to Case Attributes
Tearing of the abductor tendons and trochanteric bursitisare are a common cause of greater trochanteric pain syndrome aftertotal hip arthroplasty (THA). In this case the tendons are retracted and no longer attached to the greater trochanter. There is substantial fatty degeneration of the affected muscles, indicating that this is a chronic condition.
Technical considerations:In patients with THA metal artifact reduction sequences (MARS) should be used for MRI. The coronal STIR sequence was acquired with the Slice-Encoding for Metal Artifact Correction (SEMAC) technique that addresses both in-plane and through-plane metal artifacts. This sequence allows to detect findings at the bone-metal-interface such as bone marrow edema. Note that in this case the bone-metal-interface is normal. Moreover, the STIR SEMAC sequence is also useful for detection of soft tissue pathology, such as in this case.The axial T1-weighted sequence was acquired with an increased readout bandwidth, which is a simple but powerful method in order to reduce metal artifacts in non-fat-suppressed images.
-<p><strong>Tearing of the abductor tendons</strong> and <strong><a title="trochanteric bursitis" href="/articles/trochanteric-bursitis">trochanteric bursitis </a></strong>are a common cause of greater trochanteric pain syndrome after<strong> total hip arthroplasty (THA)</strong>. In this case the tendons are retracted and no longer attached to the greater trochanter. There is substantial fatty degeneration of the affected muscles, indicating that this is a chronic condition.</p><p><strong>Technical considerations:</strong><br>In patients with THA <strong><a title="Metal artifact reduction sequence" href="/articles/metal-artifact-reduction-sequence">metal artifact reduction sequences (MARS)</a></strong> should be used for MRI. The coronal <a title="Short tau inversion recovery (STIR)" href="/articles/short-tau-inversion-recovery">STIR sequence</a> was acquired with the Slice-Encoding for Metal Artifact Correction (SEMAC) technique that addresses both in-plane and through-plane metal artifacts. This sequence allows to detect findings at the bone-metal-interface such as bone marrow edema. Note that in this case the bone-metal-interface is normal. Moreover, the STIR SEMAC sequence is also useful for detection of soft tissue pathology, such as in this case.<br>The axial <a title="T1 weighted image" href="/articles/t1-weighted-image">T1-weighted sequence</a> was acquired with an increased readout bandwidth, which is a simple but powerful method in order to reduce metal artifacts in non-fat-suppressed images.</p>- +<p>Tearing of the abductor tendons and <a href="/articles/trochanteric-bursitis">trochanteric bursitis</a> are a common cause of greater trochanteric pain syndrome after<strong> </strong>total hip arthroplasty (THA). In this case the tendons are retracted and no longer attached to the greater trochanter. There is substantial fatty degeneration of the affected muscles, indicating that this is a chronic condition.</p><p>Technical considerations<strong>:</strong><br>In patients with THA <a href="/articles/metal-artifact-reduction-sequence">metal artifact reduction sequences (MARS)</a> should be used for MRI. The coronal <a href="/articles/short-tau-inversion-recovery">STIR sequence</a> was acquired with the <a title="SEMAC (Slice-Encoding for Metal Artifact Correction)" href="/articles/metal-artifact-reduction-sequence">Slice-Encoding for Metal Artifact Correction (SEMAC)</a> technique that addresses both in-plane and through-plane metal artifacts. This sequence allows to detect findings at the bone-metal-interface such as bone marrow edema. Note that in this case the bone-metal-interface is normal. Moreover, the STIR SEMAC sequence is also useful for detection of soft tissue pathology, such as in this case.<br>The axial <a href="/articles/t1-weighted-image">T1-weighted sequence</a> was acquired with an increased readout bandwidth, which is a simple but powerful method in order to reduce metal artifacts in non-fat-suppressed images.</p>
References changed:
- 1. Sutter R, Ulbrich EJ, Jellus V, Nittka M, Pfirrmann CW. Reduction of metal artifacts in patients with total hip arthroplasty with slice-encoding metal artifact correction and view-angle tilting MR imaging. (2012) Radiology. 265 (1): 204-14. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.12112408">doi:10.1148/radiol.12112408</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22923720">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- Sutter R, Ulbrich EJ, Jellus V et-al. Reduction of metal artifacts in patients with total hip arthroplasty with slice-encoding metal artifact correction and view-angle tilting MR imaging. Radiology. 2012;265 (1): 204-14. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.12112408">doi:10.1148/radiol.12112408</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22923720">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
Updates to Study Attributes
Extensive abductor tendon tear at at the greater trochanter: the gluteus minimus tendon and the lateral portion of gluteus medius tendon are retracted, with a gap visible between the greater trochanter and the tendons on the STIR sequence
Trochanteric bursitiswith area of high high STIR signal intensity signal intensity lateral to greater trochanter
Fatty muscle degeneration and and atrophyof the gluteus minimus and gluteus medius muscle on T1-weighted sequence
Hip arthroplasty: without periprosthetic fracture or adjacent bone marrow oedema. However, there is communication between the trochanteric bursitis and the joint effusion.
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