Abstract
Calcifications are commonly found at shoulder joints. In this paper, we discuss two cases of calcifications at the hip joints which were comparatively unusual and caused acute symptoms.Case 1 was a 53-year-old woman. She noticed pain in her right hip joint at night. There was no redness or local heat. Tenderness and swelling were observed at the front of the right hip joint. Slight increase of CRP and leukocytes were noticed. Roentgen examination showed calcification measuring 2cm in diameter around the right hip joint. MRI examination showed calcifications in the tendon of the rectus femoris muscle. Calcifications broke down a week after onset and more or less disappeared a month later.Case 2 was a 41-year-old man with pain in his right hip. From the next day, he found it difficult to walk due to the pain. Tenderness was noticed around the right greater trochanter. Significant increases in CRP and a number of leukocytes were found. There was no local redness and no general fever. Radiographic examination showed calcifications around the right greater trochanter. Gluteus maximus and gluteus minimus were enhanced on MRI. The symptoms disappeared ten days later, and the shadow disappeared on radiograph a month later.
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