Hip pain
DDx
- Hip joint arthritis, eg, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, gout
- Trochanteric bursitis
- Hip fracture
- Sciatica
- Sacroiliitis, eg, ankylosing spondylitis
- Lumbar facet joint degenerative arthritis
- Lumbar disk herniation
- Ischial bursitis
- Piriformis syndrome
- Iliopsoas bursitis
- Claudication (arterial insufficiency)
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Fibromyalgia
- Meralgia paresthetica (compression of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; anterolateral thigh pain)
- Avascular necrosis
- Hip dislocation
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hip Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114016/all/Hip_pain. 
Zeiger RFR. Hip pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114016/all/Hip_pain. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Hip pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114016/all/Hip_pain
Zeiger RFR. Hip Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114016/all/Hip_pain.
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