Osteoarthritis of hip

Case contributed by Usman Bashir
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Gender: Male
x-ray

Sclerosis of the left hip joint with small osteophytes and superior joint space narrowing. 

Case Discussion

There is some degree of joint space narrowing superiorly but it is not severe enough to qualify for grade 3. So this is grade 2 osteoarthritis of the hip.

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