Abstract
Ganglions commonly occur on the hand, wrist, knee, ankle and foot, with occasional development around the hip joint. Ganglion in the acetabular fossa is rare. We present a case of a ganglion in the acetabular fossa of the hip with treatment.
Figures and Tables
![]() | Fig. 1On the (A) anteroposterior view and (B) frog-lateral view, showing the negative finding except widening of the joint space. |
![]() | Fig. 2Preoperative images (A) axial T2-weighted image shows high-signal intensity within acetabular fossa (arrow) at the hip, (B) axial T1-weighted image at the same level shows low or intermediate-signal intensity, (C) axial T2-weighted image slightly inferior to the panels A and B shows fluid extending distally within acetabular fossa, (D) axial T1-weighted image shows more distal acetabular fossa (E) coronal T2-weighted image shows a well defined lobulated contoured lesion displaying high-signal intensity (F) coronal T1-weighted image shows extent of the cyst from acetabular fossa to acetabular notch. |
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