[Atraumatic hip pain in young adults]

Abstract

Hip pain in the young adult is a disabling pathophysiological process may be related to multiple etiologies. The process must be determined in order to make a diagnosis and follow-up treatment. The case is presented of a 29 year old woman with anemia, atraumatic hip pain on the right side, and a limp of one month onset. The differential diagnosis includes infectious, rheumatological, tumor, avascular necrosis of hip, hip impingement, hip dysplasia, osteoarthritis and other syndromes.

Keywords: Adulto joven; Anemia drepanocítica; Avascular necrosis hip; Necrosis avascular cadera; Sickle cell disease; Young adult.