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. 2010 Oct;83(994):861–867. doi: 10.1259/bjr/76751715

Table 1. The range and sites of pathology detected by MDCT arthrography.

Pathology Total patient number Pathology location and patient number
Labral tears 28 Anterior 24 (86%)
Anterolateral 2 (7%)
Lateral 1 (3.5%)
Posterolateral 1 (3.5%)
Abnormal labral surface fissuring and fraying (no definite labral tear defined by intralabral extension of contrast) 4 Anterior 2 (50%)
Anterolateral 1 (25%)
Lateral 1 (25%)
Abnormal labral chondral transitional zone (no extension of tear into labral body) 9 Anterior 6 (67%)
Anterolateral 1 (11%)
Lateral 2 (22%)
Acetabular cartilage loss 45 Anterior 30 (67%)
Anterolateral 5 (11%)
Lateral 5 (11%)
Diffuse 5 (11%)
Femoral cartilage loss 9 Anterior 5 (56%)
Posterior 1 (11%)
Diffuse 3 (33%)
Paralabral cysts 3 Anterior 1
Anterolateral 1
Lateral 1
Femoral head and neck junction osseous bump 18
Fibrocystic change at femoral head and neck junction 8
Acetabular retroversion 11
Coxa vara 1
Hypertrophy of the ligamentum teres 1

MDCT, multidetector CT.