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Plain radiograph of the pelvis shows a dislocated right hip.
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Plain radiograph of the pelvis revealed a dislocation of the right hip (Figure 1).
a/p X-ray one week after closed reduction shows a congruent hip joint and no fracture signs.
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X-ray taken 1 week after the operation revealed a congruent right hip and no fracture signs (Figure 2).
MRI of both hips (a) and transverse cut of the right hip (b) shows no effusion of the congruent right hip, but swelling of the right pelvic muscles.
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A labral injury could not be detected, but not ruled out as we did not use an arthro-MRI (Figure 3).
a/p view of the X-ray (a) and lateral view (b) of the right hip 6 months after closed reduction shows a congruent hip joint and no signs of AVN or osteoarthritis.
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AVN or osteoarthritis (Figure 4). As the patient had no complaints and the X-ray showed no signs of AVN, he rejected a proposed MRI.