A R Hong1, J H Kim1, S W Kim1, S Y Kim1, C S Shin2. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea. csshin@snu.ac.kr.
Abstract
SUMMARY: Lumbar spine trabecular bone score (TBS) was significantly decreased in active acromegaly patients. TBS may be useful to assess the skeletal fragility in acromegaly in which bone mineral density (BMD) is not sufficient to represent bone strength and explain the high incidence of fragility fractures in acromegaly patients. INTRODUCTION: Although the data on BMD are controversial, patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of fragility fracture. We examined the lumbar spine TBS to explain the skeletal deterioration in acromegaly patients. METHODS: We included 14 men and 19 women acromegaly patients who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the time of diagnosis from 2000 to 2014 at Seoul National University Hospital. Ninety-nine age-, sex- and body mass index-matched controls were recruited. Biochemical parameters, lumbar spine TBS, and BMD at all sites were measured. Gonadal status was evaluated at diagnosis. RESULTS: Lumbar spine TBS was lower in acromegaly patients than in controls in both genders (1.345 ± 0.121 vs. 1.427 ± 0.087, P = 0.005 in men; 1.356 ± 0.082 vs. 1.431 ± 0.071, P = 0.001 in women). In contrast, BMD at all sites did not differ between the two groups. Hypogonadal acromegaly patients (men, n = 9; women, n = 12) had lower TBS values compared with controls both in men and women (all P < 0.05), although BMD at all sites were similar for the two groups. In eugonadal acromegaly patients, lumbar spine TBS was lower than in women controls only (P = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS: Skeletal microarchitecture was deteriorated in acromegaly patients as assessed by TBS, which seems to be a consequence of growth hormone excess as well as hypogonadism, especially in women.
SUMMARY: Lumbar spine trabecular bone score (TBS) was significantly decreased in active acromegalypatients. TBS may be useful to assess the skeletal fragility in acromegaly in which bone mineral density (BMD) is not sufficient to represent bone strength and explain the high incidence of fragility fractures in acromegalypatients. INTRODUCTION: Although the data on BMD are controversial, patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of fragility fracture. We examined the lumbar spine TBS to explain the skeletal deterioration in acromegalypatients. METHODS: We included 14 men and 19 womenacromegalypatients who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the time of diagnosis from 2000 to 2014 at Seoul National University Hospital. Ninety-nine age-, sex- and body mass index-matched controls were recruited. Biochemical parameters, lumbar spine TBS, and BMD at all sites were measured. Gonadal status was evaluated at diagnosis. RESULTS: Lumbar spine TBS was lower in acromegalypatients than in controls in both genders (1.345 ± 0.121 vs. 1.427 ± 0.087, P = 0.005 in men; 1.356 ± 0.082 vs. 1.431 ± 0.071, P = 0.001 in women). In contrast, BMD at all sites did not differ between the two groups. Hypogonadal acromegalypatients (men, n = 9; women, n = 12) had lower TBS values compared with controls both in men and women (all P < 0.05), although BMD at all sites were similar for the two groups. In eugonadal acromegalypatients, lumbar spine TBS was lower than in women controls only (P = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS: Skeletal microarchitecture was deteriorated in acromegalypatients as assessed by TBS, which seems to be a consequence of growth hormone excess as well as hypogonadism, especially in women.
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Acromegaly; Bone mineral density; Skeletal fragility; Trabecular bone score
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