Diffusion tensor imaging shows increased physis organization after growth hormone initiation in hypophosphatasia

Hypophosphatasia is a rare heritable disorder of bone mineralization, with a spectrum of severity based on age of initial presentation. We describe the case of a 14-year-old boy with gene-confirmed inherited hypophosphatasia and growth hormone deficiency, who presented with short stature, unremarkab...

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Published inSkeletal radiology
Main Authors Dragon, Jacqueline M, Santos, Laura, Fennoy, Ilene, Jambawalikar, Sachin R, Jaramillo, Diego
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 03.08.2024
Subjects
DTI
Musculoskeletal
Growth
MRI
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Summary:Hypophosphatasia is a rare heritable disorder of bone mineralization, with a spectrum of severity based on age of initial presentation. We describe the case of a 14-year-old boy with gene-confirmed inherited hypophosphatasia and growth hormone deficiency, who presented with short stature, unremarkable radiographs, and only minor physeal and metaphyseal changes on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) before growth hormone initiation revealed abundant, non-parallel tracts in the physes and metaphyses with loss of the typical columnar organization. After 8 months of growth hormone treatment, DTI scans revealed realigned, nearly parallel, longer physeal tracts; duplication of tract volume; and decreased and more typical fractional anisotropy values. DTI can thus visualize physeal tract changes over time, could be a more sensitive diagnostic technique in milder physeal abnormality cases, and may be a potential marker of growth hormone treatment response.
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ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/s00256-024-04767-4