(A) This anteroposterior (AP) plain radiograph of the right hip of a 39-year-old woman shows excessive bone buildup at the femoral head-neck junction (arrow). There are signs of secondary osteoarthritis of the hip joint (eg, narrowed joint space; sclerosis).
(B) This AP hip radiograph of a 41-year-old man demonstrates the tubular appearance of the proximal right femur and the osseous prominence at the femoral head-neck junction. Also evident is osteoarthritis of the hip joint.
Reproduced with permission from: Greenspan A, Beltran J. Orthopedic Imaging: A Practical Approach, 6th Ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2015. Copyright © 2015 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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