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#107544 - 08/14/08 05:24 PM Anyone ever heard of "cup osteophytes" (NO hurry!)
missp
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This was said on a hip x-ray. I put "cup", but it could have been "cuff" or even "cusp". This is a new radiologist, and we are just getting used to the way he talks. My Google wasn't much help.
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#107549 - 08/14/08 05:42 PM Re: Anyone ever heard of "cup osteophytes" (NO hurry!) [Re: missp]
AnnR
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabulum

Notice the origin of and the shape of this anatomical structure of the hip.
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#107555 - 08/14/08 06:33 PM Re: Anyone ever heard of "cup osteophytes" (NO hurry!) [Re: AnnR]
missp
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Thanks so much AnnR! I that's what I figured, but had never heard it before. I like to be 100% sure :-)
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#107561 - 08/14/08 07:19 PM Re: Anyone ever heard of "cup osteophytes" (NO hurry!) [Re: missp]
AnnR
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look up acetabular osteophytes (1 syllable is easier to say than 5)
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