Unusual MRI Findings in a Polio Survivor

Figure 1

Initial MRI of the hip: (a and b) coronal T1-weighted and axial T2-weighted images showing inhomogeneous fatty signal changes in the gluteus medius muscle and (c) coronal STIR image showing apparent high signal lesions in both the gluteus medius and minimus muscles and slightly high signal lesions in both the femoral head and the acetabular bone with the joint effusion.

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