Case Report

Painful snapping hip owing to bifid iliopsoas tendon and concurrent labral tear

Graeme Thompson
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 19, No 1 | a741 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v19i1.741 | © 2015 Graeme Thompson | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 06 October 2014 | Published: 22 May 2015

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Graeme Thompson, Morton and Partners, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

A case of internal snapping hip owing to a bifid iliopsoas tendon is described with a concurrent labral tear in a young active female. The labral tear was identified on magnetic resonance imaging, and the snapping bifid tendon on dynamic ultrasound. The patient was administered bupivicaine and steroid around the tendon and symptoms resolved. A snapping bifid tendon must be identified pre-operatively to avoid incomplete release. Labral repair may be accompanied by psoas release when psoas impingement is suspected owing to a labral tear at the 3 o’clock position in an otherwise normal hip.

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