Table 1.

Differential diagnoses for lateral hip pain

Acetabular labral tear

Stress fracture, dislocation, fracture, contusion

Osteonecrosis, avascular necrosis

Muscle strain/tear, ligament sprain

Low back pain, sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Snapping hip syndrome

Femoral acetabular impingement

Bursitis

Nerve entrapment syndrome

Inflammatory disorders such as seronegative arthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis

Infection

Childhood disorders (Leg‐Cave‐Perthes disease)

Metabolic disease

Tumor

Primary or secondary osteoarthritis

Psychosocial factors