Evaluation of vertebral bone mineral density in scoliosis by using quantitative computed tomography.

Autor: Sarioglu O; Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Gezer S; Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Sarioglu FC; Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Koremezli N; Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Kara T; Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Akcali O; Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Ozaksoy D; Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey., Balci A; Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Polish journal of radiology [Pol J Radiol] 2019 Feb 25; Vol. 84, pp. e131-e135. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 25 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.5114/pjr.2019.84060
Abstrakt: Purpose: Scoliosis is described as a lateral curvature of the spine. We aimed to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with scoliosis by using quantitative computed tomography (QCT) and compare the BMD of idiopathic and congenital scoliosis patients.
Material and Methods: Forty-three patients aged 1 to 40 years with idiopathic, congenital, or neuromuscular scoliosis and 41 matched controls of the same sex and approximate age were included in the study. Measurements of BMD were performed by QCT analysis for each vertebral body from T12 to L5, and mean BMD was calculated for each case.
Results: Twenty-two of the patients with scoliosis were idiopathic, 15 were congenital, four were neuromuscular, and two were neurofibromatosis. The mean BMD values of patients with scoliosis were significantly lower compared with the control group (106.8 ± 33.4 mg/cm 3 vs. 124.9 ± 29.1 mg/cm 3 , p = 0.009). No significant difference in BMD values was found between idiopathic and congenital scoliosis patients ( p > 0.05).
Conclusions: This study illustrated that the vertebral body BMD values of the patients with scoliosis were significantly lower than those seen in the control group.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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