Habitual dislocation of the hip: a rare case report

Farid Najd Mazhar; Mohammad Taghi Ghazavi; Davod Jafari; Kaveh Gharanizadeh

Habitual dislocation of the hip: a rare case report

Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2014 Feb 22:28:11. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Farid Najd Mazhar¹, Mohammad Taghi Ghazavi², Davod Jafari³, Kaveh Gharanizadeh⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1. MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Shafa Yahyaian Rehabilitation Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. fnajdmazhar@yahoo.com.
² 2. MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Shafa Yahyaian Rehabilitation Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ghazavi@yahoo.com.
³ 3. MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Shafa Yahyaian Rehabilitation Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. d_jafari@tums.ac.ir.
⁴ 4. MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Shafa Yahyaian Rehabilitation Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. kavehgharani@gmail.com.

PMID: 25250256
PMCID: PMC4153522

Abstract

Habitual dislocation of the hip (HDH) in children is a rare entity and can be a causative factor for popping or snapping hip which is a common problem in children with good prognosis. We report a case of HDH in a 9 year old girl who was suffering from frequent snapping hip at night, its course and treatment process.

Keywords: Child; Dislocation; Hip.