Seung Hyun Lee1,2, Young Han Lee1, Jin-Suck Suh1. 1. 1 Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Medical Convergence Research Institute, and Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea. 2. 2 Department of Radiology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to compare subtrochanteric femur bone mineral density (BMD) and bone quality of long-term bisphosphonate (BP) users who sustained an atypical femoral fracture (AFF) with BP users who did not sustain a femoral fracture and BP-naïve patients with no history of femoral fracture using quantitative CT (QCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fourteen female BP users with an AFF (mean age, 72.6 years; mean duration of BP use, 6.2 years; mean body mass index, 21.9) who had undergone QCT before fracture events were sex-, age-, BP use duration-, and body mass index-matched to 14 BP users who did not sustain a fracture and 14 BP-naïve patients. The lateral cortical thickness index (CTI) and the mean BMD (BMDmean) and SD of the BMD (BMDSD) within the lateral cortex and within the entire cross-sectional area of the subtrochanteric femur were measured on axial QCT. Femoral neck-shaft angles were measured on the QCT scout image. Parameters were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. RESULTS: Lateral CTIs were greater in the BP users with an AFF (median, 0.28) than in the BP users without a femoral fracture (median, 0.21) (p = 0.038) and the BP-naïve group (median, 0.21) (p = 0.009). The lateral cortex BMDSD was significantly higher in the BP users with an AFF (median, 59.59 mg/cm3) than the BP users without a femoral fracture (median, 39.27 mg/cm3; p = 0.049) and the BP-naïve group (median, 31.02 mg/cm3; p = 0.037). There was no significant difference among groups in lateral cortex BMDmean, BMDmean and BMDSD of the entire cross-sectional area, and femoral neck-shaft angle. CONCLUSION: Long-term BP users with a subsequent AFF had a thicker lateral cortex and higher lateral cortex BMDSD at the subtrochanteric area before the fracture on QCT than BP users who did not sustain a femoral fracture and BP-naïve patients.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to compare subtrochanteric femur bone mineral density (BMD) and bone quality of long-term bisphosphonate (BP) users who sustained an atypical femoral fracture (AFF) with BP users who did not sustain a femoral fracture and BP-naïve patients with no history of femoral fracture using quantitative CT (QCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fourteen female BP users with an AFF (mean age, 72.6 years; mean duration of BP use, 6.2 years; mean body mass index, 21.9) who had undergone QCT before fracture events were sex-, age-, BP use duration-, and body mass index-matched to 14 BP users who did not sustain a fracture and 14 BP-naïve patients. The lateral cortical thickness index (CTI) and the mean BMD (BMDmean) and SD of the BMD (BMDSD) within the lateral cortex and within the entire cross-sectional area of the subtrochanteric femur were measured on axial QCT. Femoral neck-shaft angles were measured on the QCT scout image. Parameters were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. RESULTS: Lateral CTIs were greater in the BP users with an AFF (median, 0.28) than in the BP users without a femoral fracture (median, 0.21) (p = 0.038) and the BP-naïve group (median, 0.21) (p = 0.009). The lateral cortex BMDSD was significantly higher in the BP users with an AFF (median, 59.59 mg/cm3) than the BP users without a femoral fracture (median, 39.27 mg/cm3; p = 0.049) and the BP-naïve group (median, 31.02 mg/cm3; p = 0.037). There was no significant difference among groups in lateral cortex BMDmean, BMDmean and BMDSD of the entire cross-sectional area, and femoral neck-shaft angle. CONCLUSION: Long-term BP users with a subsequent AFF had a thicker lateral cortex and higher lateral cortex BMDSD at the subtrochanteric area before the fracture on QCT than BP users who did not sustain a femoral fracture and BP-naïve patients.
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Keywords:
atypical femoral fracture; bisphosphonate; bone mineral density; osteoporosis; quantitative CT (QCT)
Authors: William Palmer; Laura Bancroft; Fiona Bonar; Jung-Ah Choi; Anne Cotten; James F Griffith; Philip Robinson; Christian W A Pfirrmann Journal: Skeletal Radiol Date: 2020-06-02 Impact factor: 2.199