Transient Osteoporosis of the Hip in a Middle-Aged Male Construction Worker

Transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) is an underdiagnosed idiopathic condition mostly affecting healthy middle-aged men and pregnant women, with the presence of functional disability out of proportion to clinical examination1. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features sharply demarcated femoral head bone marrow edema (BME) up to the intertrochanteric line without osteonecrotic signs or articular collapse2 …