Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa caused by repetitive use, trauma, infection, or systemic inflammatory disease. Bursae are flattened sacs that serve as a protective buffer between bones and overlapping muscles (deep bursae) or between bones and tendons/skin (superficial bursae). These synovial-lined sacs are filled with minimal amounts of fluid...

We describe a new operative procedure for patients with chronic trochanteric bursitis. Between March 1994 and May 2000, a trochanteric reduction osteotomy was performed on ten patients (12 hips). All had received conservative treatment for at least one year. Previous surgical treatment with a longitudinal release of the iliotibial band...

Five patients are described with avascular necrosis of the femoral head who presented with ipsilateral trochanteric bursitis, in the absence of clearcut hip joint disease. Avascular necrosis was indicated by magnetic resonance imaging. It is suggested that clinical trochanteric bursitis, especially when refractory to local corticosteroid treatment, may be the...

One hundred consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined for the presence of trochanteric bursitis. This condition was found in 15. Ten patients responded to a single local injection of corticosteroid and the remaining 5 to a second injection. Trochanteric bursitis is an underdiagnosed, easily remediable cause of pain...

Trochanteric bursitis is characterized by painful inflammation of the bursa located just superficial to the greater trochanter of the femur. Patients typically complain of lateral hip pain, although the hip joint itself is not involved. The pain may radiate down the lateral aspect of the thigh.
Synonyms and related keywords: greater...

This case report describes a 46-year-old male runner who reported the sudden onset of right hip pain. A diagnosis of trochanteric bursitis was established by a physiatrist, and the patient underwent two courses of physical therapy for moist heat, ultrasound, and exercise. Because minimal improvement was seen in the patient's...

We present four cases of subcutanea trochanterica bursitis (one involving both sides). The bursitis was acute and inflammatory in two cases, chronic and microtraumatic in one, asymptomatic in one and septic in the last case. The acutely inflamed bursa may contain a blood effusion increasing the pain. CT and MRI...

Malignant disease should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of common rheumatological disorders. We present a present a patient whose pain was found to be due to mailgnant disease and not due to simple trochanteric bursitis
Metastatic bone disease presenting as trochanteric bursitis. Hutchings C, Hull R. J R Soc Med. 1997 Dec;90(12):685-6

Although trochanteric bursa injections are commonly performed to treat hip pain, they have never been described using fluoroscopy.
CONCLUSIONS: Radiological confirmation of bursal spread is necessary to ensure that the injectate reaches the area of pathology during trochanteric bursa injections.
Corticosteroid injections for trochanteric bursitis: is fluoroscopy necessary? A pilot study. Cohen SP,...

Treatment of trochanteric bursitis by steroid injections. BARKER CS. Can Med Assoc J. 1958 Apr 15;78(8):613.

A brief review of the literature, the clinical and radiological features, the differential doagnosis and the treatment of this condition are given in this paper.
Trochanteric bursitis: a common cause of pelvic girdle pain. Little H. Can Med Assoc J. 1979 Feb 17;120(4):456-8.

MRI Web Clinic - May 2004 Gluteus Minimus Tear and Trochanteric Bursitis by Michael E. Stadnick, M.D.
Clinical History: 70 year-old female with chronic left hip pain. Coronal T1-weighted (A), Coronal STIR (B), and Axial T2-weighted (C) images are provided.

CONCLUSION: Tendinopathy of the hip abductors and gluteus medius and minimus muscles was a common finding on MR imaging in our patients with buttock, lateral hip, or groin pain. Tendinopathy is probably a frequent cause of the greater trochanteric pain syndrome, a common regional pain syndrome that can mimic other...

Types of Injuries:
- short leg syndrome: (see growth deformities of the limbs)
- unequal leg lengths may predispose to injury in shorter leg;
- trochanteric bursitis:
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A considerable part of patients suffer from (greater) trochanteric pain syndrome or trochanteric bursitis. Local corticosteroid injections is one of the treatment options. Although clear evidence is lacking, small observational studies suggest that this treatment is effective in the short-term follow-up. So far, there are no randomised controlled trials...

In a randomized controlled trial, corticosteroid injections were effective for greater trochanteric pain syndrome managed in primary care. Clinical Review, May 2011

Although arthroscopy of the hip is being carried out increasingly, little is known about the rate of associated complications. We describe a prospective study of 640 consecutive procedures in which a consistent technique was used. The overall complication rate was 1.6%. Complications, none of which was major or long-term, included...

Notes on Trochanteric Bursitis, Labral tears, Stress fractures of the femur, Snapping Hip,

Patients with lower back or buttock pain that radiates into the posterior or lateral leg are often referred to physical therapy with a diagnosis of sciatica. Often the physical exam does not reveal neurologic findings indicative of radiculopathy. Instead, there is hip abductor muscle pain and weakness. This syndrome involves...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
pathogenesis and risk factors:
- Intravascular coagulation and osteonecrosis.
- natural history
- blood supply to femoral head:
- diff dx:
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