associated conditions and complications
Last reviewed 01/2018
- bursitis
- trochanteric bursitis - point tenderness directly over the greater trochanter is suggestive of the diagnosis.
- ilopsoas bursitis.
- leg length inequalities - can be a result of hip osteoarthritis as well as being a cause.
- spinal osteoarthritis - often co-exists with hip osteoarthritis - may present with pain in the buttock or hip - may also occur as a complication of hip osteoarthritis.
- intra-articular complications - collapse, fractures, synovitis, haemorrhage