Is this a Male or Female hip?

After making a mistake earlier today, I thought it’d be a good time to review some basics.

Before we begin – is this a male or female pelvis?

Normal pelvis of an adult
Case courtesy of Dr Ian Bickle, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 37956

Read on if you don’t know!

Radiology Resources

• Accident and Emergency Radiology – Saunders
• Chest X-ray Made Easy (Textbook)
• Imaging Pathways
• Interpreting Chest X-rays 
• Learning Radiology
• Radiopedia 
• Radiology Master Class
• Radiology Secrets Plus – Pretorius and Solomon (Textbook)