Trabecular bone score and bone mineral density in patients with long‐term controlled acromegaly

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Calatayud ◽  
Laura Pérez‐Olivares Martín ◽  
Soledad Librizzi ◽  
David Lora Pablos ◽  
Violeta González Méndez ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
pp. S61-S68
Author(s):  
P. Vaňuga ◽  
M. Kužma ◽  
D. Stojkovičová ◽  
J. Smaha ◽  
P. Jackuliak ◽  
...  

There are only few studies concerning about long-term effect of growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy on bone mineral density and bone microstructure. To assess effect of GH replacement therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) and trabecular bone score (TBS) in adult GH deficient (AGHD) subjects over period of 10 years. From 2005 to 2018, a prospective study of AGHD patients was conducted in national referral center for treatment of GHD. All patients received subcutaneous recombinant human GH in an IGF 1-normalizing regimen once a day. Lumbar spine (L-spine) and total hip (TH) BMD using Hologic densitometers were measured at baseline and every two years during treatment with rhGH. TBS was derived from L1-L4 DXA using iNsight® software (Medimaps, France) at each time point. Periods of measurement were baseline, year 2; 4; 6; 8 and 10. In total, 63 patients (38 males, 25 females, mean age 25.1±16 years) were included in the study. After 10 years of GH treatment, IGF-1 significantly increased (~35 %), with greatest increase at year 2. During 10-year follow-up, L-spine BMD increased approximately of 7 % (NS). TH BMD increase of 11 % during follow-up (p=0.0003). The greatest increment of BMD was achieved at year 6 on both sites, L-spine (+6 %) and TH BMD (+13 %) (p<0.05). There was no significant change of TBS during whole follow-up. In this study, sustaining positive effect of GH replacement therapy on bone density in subjects with adult GH deficiency over 10 years of follow-up was observed. The study did not show effect on TBS, as indirect measure of trabecular bone microarchitecture.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Vieira Oberger Marques ◽  
Jeferson Zanovelli Nalevaiko ◽  
Matheus Felipe Oliveira ◽  
Arthur William Passos Raetsch ◽  
Gustavo Lenci Marques ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 77-78
Author(s):  
Roxana Dusceac ◽  
Dan Niculescu ◽  
Madalina Sorohan ◽  
Ramona Dobre ◽  
Catalina Poiana

Endocrine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enisa Shevroja ◽  
Francesco Pio Cafarelli ◽  
Giuseppe Guglielmi ◽  
Didier Hans

AbstractOsteoporosis, a disease characterized by low bone mass and alterations of bone microarchitecture, leading to an increased risk for fragility fractures and, eventually, to fracture; is associated with an excess of mortality, a decrease in quality of life, and co-morbidities. Bone mineral density (BMD), measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), has been the gold standard for the diagnosis of osteoporosis. Trabecular bone score (TBS), a textural analysis of the lumbar spine DXA images, is an index of bone microarchitecture. TBS has been robustly shown to predict fractures independently of BMD. In this review, while reporting also results on BMD, we mainly focus on the TBS role in the assessment of bone health in endocrine disorders known to be reflected in bone.


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