Lab Studies:
Fluid analysis of right hip aspirate: culture and gram stain: negative, cell count 100, turbid,
Other Studies:
Imaging:
Case Photo #1 AP hip: Unremarkable hip Xray showing no fractures or dislocations with obvious soft tissue swelling over the greater trochanter.
Case Photo #2 US of Right hip tissue aspiration with 105cc of sanguinous fluid aspirated followed by 1 cc of Celestone and 1cc of 0.25% Marcaine injected.
Case Photo #3 US of Right hip weeks after initial aspiration showing re accumulation of heterogeneous collection prior to sclerosing agent injection
Case Photo #4 Needle visualization under US of Right hip injection of sclerosing agent. Approximately 185 cc of serosanguinous fluid was removed prior to sclerosing agent injection.
Consultations:
none
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