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F : Carty FL, Crosbie I, Ryan J, Cashman JP. Imaging of the acetabular labrum: a review. Hard Tissue 2013 Feb 22;2(1):9.

Imaging of the acetabular labrum: a review

FL Carty1, I Crosbie1, J Ryan1, JP Cashman2*

AbstractIntroductionThe acetabular labrum is a critical structure within the hip joint. Abnor-mality of the acetabular labrum is a significant cause of pain, and it plays an integral role in the develop-ment of osteoarthritis. This article reviews the normal anatomy and anatomical variants of the acetabular labrum and describes the technique for performing magnetic resonance arthrography. This article also reviews the diagnostic criteria and classification of tears of the acetab-ular labrum.ConclusionMagnetic resonance arthrography offers the best imaging of the acetab-ular labrum. The acetabular labrum has little anatomical variation. Irreg-ularity of the labrum and fluid is associated with labral tear. Magnetic resonance arthrography is specific to the diagnosis of the acetabular labrum.

IntroductionHip magentic resonance (MR) arthrography has a high accuracy in the detection of labral tears1–3 and is the imaging modality of choice in patients in whom there is a strong suspicion of labral lesions. Abnor-malities of the acetabular labrum include partial tears, complete tears and labral detachment, with detachments being more common than tears4,5. There are reports of successful assessment of the labrum

without joint distention6; however, in a study by Czerny et al. the sensitivity and accuracy of MR imaging (MRI) for non-distended joints was 30% and 36%, respectively when compared with surgical findings. Sensitivity and accuracy of MRI increased to 90% and 91%, respectively, after joint distention with gadolinium contrast7. The aim is to review the imaging of the acetabular labrum.

DiscussionMR arthrography techniqueMR arthrography of the hip is performed as a two-stage procedure. The first step is performed under fluoroscopic guidance. The preferred approach for hip arthrography is a direct anterior approach, targeting the lateral femoral neck or the lateral femoral head. The intra-articular needle position is confirmed by injec-tion of iodinated contrast material. Joint distention is achieved by injec-tion of a dilute solution of gadolinium8. The standard dilution of gadolinium for joint distention is 2.5 mM of gado-pentetatedimeglumine9. For a single hip, this dilution may be achieved by mixing 0.1 mL of gadopentetate dime-glumine in 20 mL of normal saline; however, different gadolinium prod-ucts may contain different gadolinium concentrations. The capacity of the hip joint is 8–20 mL. With the use of intra-articular gadolinium, axial, coronal and sagittal T1-weighted fat-suppressed images are acquired through the hip joint using a surface coil and field of view of 14–16 cm. It is important to use at least three imaging planes to ensure that all portions of the labrum are adequately assessed. An assessment of the entire pelvis is performed with T1 and short tau inversion recovery coronal images that include the symphysis pubis and the sacrum, increasing the field of view to 36–40 cm (Figure 1).

AnatomyThe acetabular labrum is a fibrocar-tilaginous structure, which rims the acetabulum anteriorly, superiorly and posteriorly, and which evolves into the fibrous transverse ligament inferiorly10. The labrum may be sepa-rated from the transverse ligament by a defect that is filled with artic-ular cartilage. This defect may be confused with a tear on MR and MR arthrographic images11. The labrum serves to deepen the acetabulum; however, its role in maintaining stability is probably less critical than that of the glenoid labrum. On MR arthrography, the normal labrum is triangular in appearance with sharply defined margins. The labrum is thinnest anteroinferiorly and thickest posterosuperiorly and has typically low signal intensity on all imaging sequences. The capsule of the hip joint inserts directly at the base of the labrum anteriorly and posteriorly, superiorly the capsule inserts several millimetres above the labral attachment. Inferiorly, the capsule blends with the transverse ligament12 (Figure 2).

* Corresponding authorEmail: [email protected] Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordi-

ae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland

2 Department of Orthopaedics, Mater Mis-ericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland

Figure 1: Arthrogram of the right hip showing needle tip placement along the lateral aspect of the femoral neck (arrow).

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Anatomical variantsOne pitfall in the interpretation of MR arthrography of the hip is the ques-tion about the presence of a normal sulcus or recess at the anterosupe-rior aspect of the joint. To date, no conclusive data are available about whether such a sulcus may exist normally. The perilabral recesses are located at the labrocapsular junction on the capsular surface of the labrum. A sulcus created by the junction of the transverse ligament and the labrum is also a normal finding. This sulcus should be known as the labro-ligamentous sulcus. Another sulcus is located at the posteroinferior posi-tion of the joint, and it represents a physiological cleft at the junction of the articular cartilage. The cleft may be partial or complete. Histological studies have concluded that the artic-ular cartilage and the labrum blend together seamlessly, which suggests that a separation between the artic-ular cartilage and labrum would be abnormal2,13,14. Hodler et al.2 exam-ined 12 cadaver hips from elderly individuals to make their observa-tions. The conclusions of Seldes et al.13 and Tan et al.14 are drawn from studies of 67 cadaveric specimens. Seldes and Tan, however, reported tears at the anterosuperior margin in 74% of hips, and 89% of these tears were detachments. In their study, few normal anterosuperior labral

margins were examined. The average age of their specimens was 78 years. The finding is of significance in the younger population but not the older population. In their study of six cadaveric hips (age range = 72–84 years), Czerny et al.15 did not identify any sublabral sulci. Dinauer et al.16 and Petersilge et al.3 in their studies of 23 and 24 hips, respectively, were unable to confirm the presence of a sulcus at the anterosuperior portion of joint. In an arthroscopic study of 56 hips, Fitzgerald5 found 41 tears with separation of the articular cartilage and labrum. Most tears were in the anterior aspect of the hip. Based on visual inspection, they reported that evidence of attempted healing of the defect was usually seen but a residual sulcus could be identified. The sulcus measured 2–5 mm in width and 8–20 mm in length, which would suggest that the sulcus is abnormal. The liter-ature suggests that a normal cleft is located between the margin of the articular cartilage and the labrum and that this normal variant has an incidence of 5%–6%. The margins of the cartilage edge and the border of the labrum are sharp. In contrast, any extension of contrast into the acetabular (osseous) labrum junc-tion should be considered abnormal. Any irregularity of the margins of the cartilage edge or the adjacent labrum would indicate that the separation

between labrum and cartilage is abnormal (Figure 3).

A defect in the capsule between the pubofemoral and iliofemoral liga-ments may lead to communication between the joint and the iliopsoas bursa, and in contrast may occasion-ally fill this structure3. The bursa should not be confused with an extra-articular cyst or ganglion. The bursa typically lies lateral to the iliopsoas tendon, whereas extra-articular cysts are medial and usually adjacent to the acetabulum17.

Diagnostic criteriaThe majority of acetabular labral tears reported in the MR arthrography and arthroscopy literature have occurred in the anterior or anterosuperior portion of the labrum1,3. Isolated posterior labral tears are seen most frequently after a posterior hip dislo-cation or with dysplasia but are not commonly seen in other populations having hip arthroscopy. Lateral labral tears are encountered infrequently in arthroscopic evaluation. When lateral tears occur, they invariably are associated with additional labral and acetabular lesions18.

Criteria for identification of torn labra at MR arthrography include labra with intra-substance contrast material, and labra with irregular margins with and without labral

Figure 2: Axial (a) and coronal (b) MR arthrogram of the left hip showing a normal triangular appearance to the anterior and posterior labrum (arrows).

Figure 3: Sagittal MR arthrogram of the hip showing an anterior paralabral recess (arrow) at the transverse ligament attachment.

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detachment. Labral detachment is identified by contrast material inter-posed at the acetabular–labral inter-face with or without displacement of the labrum1,3. A high percentage of tears reported in the literature are in the form of detachments rather than intra-substance tears1,3,5 (Figure 4).

CystsCystic lesions near the joints may represent either ganglion cysts or synovial cysts19,20. Ganglia are cystic structures lined by flat, spindle-shaped cells that contain mucin, they may arise from the joint capsule, tendon sheath, bursa or subchon-dral bone20. Synovial cysts are fluid-containing masses with synovial

lining. The term paralabral cyst for the hip joint is preferred, because it describes the cystic lesion seen adja-cent to the labrum, which can repre-sent either a ganglion or a synovial cyst. Once a labral tear is present, the loss of congruency between the femoral head and the acetabulum may lead to elevated intra-articular pres-sure and joint effusion. The elevated pressure forces synovial fluid through the labral tear into the acetabulum, resulting in a para-acetabular cyst21. Labral cysts may also be associated with intraosseous acetabular cysts in association with osteoarthritis. Synovial fluid under pressure may extend into the bone through erosion

and permeation of the articular carti-lage with resultant cyst formation20. The osseous lesion may then break out into the surrounding soft tissues in the form of a ganglion or synovial cyst because of continued pressure (Figure 5).

CartilageApart from the symptomatic com-plaints due to labral tears, the impor-tance of the pathology is its association with degenerative changes. McCa-rthy et al. found that 73% of 436 patients with fraying or tearing of the acetabular labrum at arthros-copy had chondral damage and the chondral damage was more severe in patients with labral lesions. They also found that in 94% of these patients, the articular damage occurred in the same zone of the acetabulum as the labral lesions. They suggested that the relative risk of significant chon-dral erosion approximately doubles in the presence of a labral lesion. An isolated labral tear was found more often in younger patients, whereas a labral tear in conjunction with chon-dral lesions was found more often in older patients, indicating that a labral tear may precede and possibly lead to articular changes22.

Criteria for the diagnosis of carti-lage lesions on MR arthrography include a contrast material-filled defect, an area of cartilage signal intensity alteration, and secondary signs of osteoarthritis (sub-chon-dral sclerosis, sub-chondral cysts and osteophytes)23. MR arthrog-raphy has relatively low diagnostic performance for evaluating the artic-ular cartilage of the hip joint. The sensitivity of MR arthrography for detecting surgically confirmed carti-lage lesions ranges between 41% and 79%, with specificity values ranging between 77% and 100%23,24. Furthermore, the sensitivity for detecting cartilage delamination in patients with femoroacetabular impingement is as low as 22%25 (Figure 6).

Figure 4: Oblique axial (a) and sagittal (b) MR arthrogram of the right hip showing a detached tear of the anterior labrum (arrows).

Figure 5: Oblique axial MR arthro-gram of the left hip showing an ante-rior paralabral cyst (arrow) and a complex degenerative tear of the anterior labrum.

Figure 6: Coronal MR arthrogram of the left hip showing a delaminating injury in the articular cartilage (arrow) and a tear in the anterosupe-rior labrum (arrowhead).



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Ossifi cation rim and Os acetabularaeDistinct pathological changes occur in the labrum and acetabular rim in association with developmental dysplasia of the hip, and the term ‘acetabular rim syndrome’ has been used by Klaue et al.26 to describe these changes. These investigators recognise two types of anatomical abnormalities with different patho-logical changes within the rim. In type I changes, the acetabulum is shallow and vertical, and the femoral head and acetabulum are incongruent. In this situation, the labrum is subject to chronic shear stress because of the increased weight-bearing role. This stress leads to labral hyper-trophy and subsequent separation from the acetabular margin. Soft tissue para-acetabular cysts may form. Identification of periarticular cysts should suggest the possibility of underlying labral tear or detach-ment27,28. Although these cysts are more commonly seen in patients with developmental dysplasia, they are not unique to that patient popu-lation3,16,27. With type II changes, the acetabulum and femoral head are congruent and the acetabular roof is short. The acetabular rim is stressed and eventually may fail with a fatigue

fracture and os acetabuli formation. Intraosseous cysts may form. McCa-rthy et al.29 hypothesised that with disruption of the chondrolabral interface, joint fluid is driven into the subchondral bone. This fluid leads to undermining of the articular cartilage and creates cartilage flaps, continued subchondral injury and subchondral cyst formation (Figure 7).

Classifi cation of labral tearsLage et al. described four basic aetiological and four basic morpho-logical patterns of acetabular labral tear based on arthroscopic find-ings. Morphologically, a type 1 tear or radial flap was diagnosed on MR arthrography if a discrete contrast cleft was seen extending either partially or all the way through the labral substance creating a flap. A type 2 tear, radial fibrillated, was diagnosed if there was irregularity of the labral outline, but no discrete cleft within the labrum. A type 3 tear, longitudinal peripheral, was diagnosed when there was contrast extending through the labrum either very near to or at the junction between the labrum and the acetab-ulum. A type 4 unstable tear was diag-nosed if the labrum had a thickened,

distorted appearance. These criteria have their limitations as an unstable labrum often becomes thickened and distorted when it is unstable, but not all unstable tears are thickened30.

Lage et al. described four catego-ries of labral tears based on aetiology.

1. Traumatic, based on a clearhistory of hip injury and subse-quent onset of symptoms. More recently, a traction injury of the labrum by the iliopsoas tendon has been reported in some cases31, with the intra-articular portion of the iliopsoas tendon noted to be attached to the labrum in those cases.

2. Congenital, based on the pres-ence of acetabular dysplasia, defined as a centre-edge angle of <25° and/or a Tonnis angle of >10°32.

3. Degenerative, based on radio-graphic evidence of arthritic changes, such as joint space narrowing or osteophytes, or the identification of severe chondral damage at the time of operative intervention. Degen-erative tears also can be seen in association with inflammatory arthropathies. The extent of the tear is related to the degree of

Figure 7: Radiograph (a) of the left hip. Coronal (b) and axial (c) images from an MR arthrogram of the hip showing an os acetabulari (arrows).

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degenerative changes present in the joint. Stage I degenera-tive tears are localised to one segment of an anatomical region (anterior or posterior) whereas Stage II tears can involve an entire anatomical region, and Stage III tears are diffuse and involve greater than one anatomical region. Higher stage tears are associated with more pronounced degenerative changes in the acetabulum and femoral head18.

4. Idiopathic, based on the absenceof any other findings. However, three recent studies in which the presence of osseous abnor-malities was retrospectively examined in patients with a labral tear demonstrated that the majority (49% of 78, 79% of 99, and 87% of 31 patients) had an osseous dysmorphism consistent with femoroacetab-ular impingement33–35. It would, therefore, be more appropriate to rename the so-called idio-pathic group femoroacetabular impingement (Figure 8).

The Czerny classification assesses labral morphology, intralabral signal, presence of tear or labral detach-ment and the presence or absence of an adjacent perilabral recess

on MRI1 and has been reported to have an excellent correlation with arthroscopic findings. In this clas-sification system, the labrum is graded as: stage 0 = normal labrum, stage 1A = increased signal inten-sity within the centre of the labrum that does not extend to the surface and triangular shape with perilabral recess, stage 1B = similar to 1A but with a thickened labrum without a perilabral recess, stage 2A = exten-sion of the contrast material into the labrum without detachment with a perilabral recess and a triangular shape, stage 2B = same as 2A except the labrum is thickened without perilabral recess, stage 3A = detach-ment of the labrum from the acetab-ulum and triangular shaped, and stage 3B=labral detachment with a thickened labrum. Only stages 2A and B and 3A and B are considered to represent labral tears.

ConclusionMR arthrography offers the best imaging of the acetabular labrum. Imaging is best achieved using a high-field-strength magnet with a small field of view for optimum image quality. Unlike the glenoid labrum, there is little anatomical variation in the appearance of the acetabular labrum. Irregularity of the labrum and fluid extending into or through the labrum can be considered highly specific for labral tear. Furthermore, the presence of paralabral cysts has a high association with labral tear. MR arthrography is both sensitive and specific in the diagnosis of tears of the acetabular labrum.

Abbreviations listMR, magnetic resonance; MRI, MR imaging.

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