Rheumatoid Arthritis affecting the Hip Joint

Abstract

Radiological abnormalities occurred in one or both hips of 29% of 279 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Only 4% of a balanced control series of intravenous pyelogram films showed abnormalities of the hip joints. The percentage was greater in the older age groups, but within the same age group, patients with a longer duration of disease did not have a significantly higher rate of hip arthropathy. Typical degenerative changes were more common among the males, whereas destruction of the femoral head and protrusio-acetabuli were more common among the females.