Trabecular bone architecture in female renal allograft recipients-- assessed by computed tomography |
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Authors: | Grotz WH; Mundinger FA; Muller CB; Rasenack J; Schulte-Monting J; Langer MF; Schollmeyer PJ |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany. |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Osteopenia with decreased bone mineral density (BMD) is a
frequent finding in renal allograft recipients. Data concerning the bone
architecture in these patients do not exist, however. METHODS: We compared
the bone architecture of 33 randomly assigned women (age 49 +/- 12 years),
who had received renal allografts 5.6 +/- 5.3 years before the
investigation, with 74 women (age 50 +/- 14 years) who were admitted for
osteodensitometry. All patients underwent single-energy computed tomography
(SEQCT) and a midvertebral high-resolution tomography with
computer-assisted analysis of the trabecular vertebral body architecture.
RESULTS: Progressive alteration of bone architecture was associated with
increasing vertebral height loss of the vertebral body. Height reduction of
a vertebral body of more than 15% was associated with a significantly lower
BMD (-2.3 +/- 0.8 versus -1.1 +/- 1.1 standard deviations below normal
BMD), a lower trabecular bone area (13 +/- 8% versus 42 +/- 22%) and a
lower trabecular diameter (1.4 +/- 0.5 mm versus 2.2 +/- 0.8 mm) compared
to recipients without height reduction. In comparison to a matched group of
patients with similarly reduced BMD (1.1 +/- 1.2 versus 1.2 +/- 1.1 SD
below normal BMD), renal allograft recipients showed a lower number of
trabecular plates (5.6 +/- 3.1 versus 7.0 +/- 3.7) and a smaller
intertrabecular surface (54 +/- 116 mm versus 75 +/- 138 mm). CONCLUSIONS:
Alterations of bone architecture in renal allograft recipients were
associated with progressive vertebral height loss. Despite similar bone
mineral density, differences of bone architecture could be observed between
renal allograft recipients and patients with osteoporosis.
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