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MRI Hip Labrum Mucoid Degeneration and Dysplastic Acetabular Labrum

The acetabular labrum can be dysplastic and abnormally enlarged and can also develop mucoid degeneration. Review of the MRI appearance of a dysplastic acetabular labrum and the MRI appearance of mucoid degeneration Image Above: Labrum is thin and abnormally enlarged. This tends to occur when there is undercoverage of the femoral head by the acetabulum …

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Dysplastic Labrum: Acetabular Labrum More than just tears Part 3

A dysplastic acetabular labrum is most commonly seen when there is an underlying dysplasia of the hip with undercoverage of the femoral head by the acetabulum. The labrum elongates and enlarges. A simplified way to think about it would be that the labrum elongates and hypertrophies to compensate for the lack of coverage of the …

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GLENOID LABRUM MRI SIMPLIFIED 2: Are you normal or not?

The problem: Many normal labral variants get called tears. How do we differentiate a normal labral variant from a tear? The solution: Normal labral variants occur in specific areas of the glenoid labrum. Understand their typical location and you will not confuse them with tears. If you havent read the first post on the classification …

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