Lateral Hip Pain Differential Diagnoses
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Adult
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (Gluteus medius dysfunction, Gluteus medius or gluteus minimus tendinopathy, Piriformis tendinopathy, Iliotibial tract friction syndrome, Trochanteric bursitis )
- Traction enthesopathy or apophysopathy
- Piriformis syndrome
- Snapping hip syndrome
- Meralgia paresthetica
- Peripheral compressive neuropathy
- Hip (femoroacetabular) osteoarthrosis
- Femoroacetabular impingement
- Acetabular labral pathology
- Femoral head avascular necrosis
- Femoral neck fracture
- Femoral neck stress fracture
- Iliopsoas tendinopathy
- Sports hernia
- Fibromyalgia
- Myofascial trigger points
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Lumbosacral spine disorders
- Referred pain from intra-abdominal processes
Paediatric
- Infectious
- Septic arthritis of the hip
- Septic arthritis of the sacroiliac joint
- Lyme disease
- Osteomyelitis of femoral head or pelvis
- Psoas abscess
- Appendicitis or abdominal/pelvic abscess
- Inflammatory
- Transient synovitis
- Systemic arthritis
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (rare as isolated hip pain)
- Kawasaki disease
- Infectious/post-infectious
- Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip
- Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
- Mechanical/orthopedic
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Avascular necrosis
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Secondary avascular necrosis
- Femoral stress fracture
- Muscular strain
- Neoplastic/infiltrative
- Osetoid osteoma
- Leukemia
- Solid Tumor, primary or metastatic
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Other
- Sickle cell pain crisis