Hip pain can have multiple causes, including intra-articular, juxta-articular, and referred pain, mainly from spine or sacroiliac joints.\nIn this review, we discuss the causes of intra-articular hip pain from childhood to adulthood and the role of the appropriate imaging\ntechniques according to clinical suspicion and age of the patient. Stress is put on the findings of radiographs, currently considered\nthe first imaging technique, not only in older people with degenerative disease but also in young people without osteoarthritis. In\nthis case plain radiography allows categorization of the hip as normal or dysplastic or with impingement signs, pincer, cam, or a\ncombination of both
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