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The role of MRI in the evaluation of hip joint disease in clinical subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

M I Argyropoulou 1 S L Fanis 1 T Xenakis 2 S C Efremidis 1 and A Siamopoulou 3

Departments of 1 Radiology, 2 Orthopaedics and 3 Paediatrics, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece



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  		Figure 1. Coronal scan of the hip joints in a patient with grade 4 MR findings. (a) Plain T1 weighted image depicting thickened synovium with intermediate signal intensity. (b) Contrast enhanced T1 weighted image showing diffuse enhancement with synovial thickening.

 


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  		Figure 2. Coronal MRI of the anterior recess (arrows) of both hip joints. (a) T2 weighted image depicting intraarticular fluid with high signal intensity. (b) Plain T1 weighted image showing the anterior recess of the articulation with intermediate signal intensity. (c) Contrast enhanced T1 weighted image depicting synovial enhancement while the signal intensity of the intraarticular fluid remains low.

 




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