labrum tear?

[sorelady]

I'm 47, female and after 8 years of progressively worse hip pain blamed on fibromyalgia, controlled with oxycontin, I insisted on a MRI of my hips.  The MRI showed a fluid signal in the superior labrum at the 12:00 to 1:00 position with a likely cause listed as a labrum tear.  There is also mild edema within the gluteus medius and minimus tendons and edema around the gluteus maximus.  There is also thickening of the gluteus minimus and medius.  Everything is bilateral except the fluid signal is greater on the right hip.
I have limited diffuse scleroderma and am wondering if this may be an autoimmune response.  If so, would surgery help?

[Dr Arora]

Hi, The labrum of the hip is a cuff of thick tissue that surround the hip socket. The labrum helps to support the hip joint. When a labral tear of the hip occurs, a piece of this tissue can become pinched in the joint causing pain and catching sensations. This surgery can be accompalished by arthroscopy. The benefit of hip arthroscopy is that the recovery is much simpler. I hope this helps.

[Siskiyou1]

I had arthroscopic repair for a partial rupture of the gluteus minimus tendon, bone spur removal and bursectomey.  I am 7 weeks post-op and suddenly experiencing the same old extreme pain when lying down on  either side.  Anyone else dealing with this?  Glee in Calif.

[Ikm64]

I had similar symptoms to yours. An MRI revealed a gluteus medius tendon rupture.  My orthopedist drilled 3 holes in my hip bone and then sutured the tendon back on to the bone.  He also did a Bursectomy and removed a bone spur and used Blood Platelet Therapy while he was in there.

I also had thought a lot of the pain was Fibromyalgia but now I realize that it was this hip injury.

The way I understand this is that it is the fluid that is toxic and can completely destroy your tendon.  Now I realize that this is not something that you should ignore.

Please go get a second opinion.  Possibly the fluid should be removed or you could be in a worse condition.

Post Surgery the pain has greatly diminished but I am having a lot of trouble walking and keeping my balance.

IKM64