scholarly journals Skeletal Sarcoidosis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henco Nel ◽  
Eli Gabbay

Osseous sarcoidosis is an uncommon manifestation, reported in 3–13% of patients with sarcoidosis. Although older literature suggested that hands and feet are most commonly affected, axial bone involvement may be more common than previously reported, since earlier studies relied mostly on plain X-rays, which may be less sensitive for axial bone lesions. Newer imaging modalities such as MRI and PET/CT scanning have demonstrated a larger incidence of vertebral involvement. Bone lesions are commonly asymptomatic and patients who have bone involvement may have higher incidences of multi-organ involvement. Osseous sarcoidosis appears to be mainly osteolytic in nature, but the radiographic appearance may be indistinguishable from other osteolytic lesions and therefore a biopsy is usually required to confirm the diagnosis. The histological findings of sarcoidosis in the bone are the same as in other tissues of the body. No general consensus exists for the treatment of bone sarcoidosis but corticosteroids are the most commonly prescribed first-line drugs. Methotrexate is the most widely studied steroid-sparing agent for sarcoidosis and it has been reported useful for a variety of organ symptoms, but especially where there is bone involvement.


Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 2330-2330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Elstrom ◽  
Richard K.J. Brown

Abstract Background and Objectives: Positron tomission tomography using 18fluoro-2-deoxyglucose in combination with low dose non-enhanced computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) is increasingly utilized in the management of patients with lymphoma. Numerous studies have demonstrated improved accuracy for both staging and restaging as compared to standard diagnostic CT. However, there is a paucity of data on the significance of bone uptake in patients with lymphoma. This is one area in which FDG-PET has the potential to dramatically influence care of lymphoma patients. However, false positive FDG-PET has been shown in patients with traumatic or benign bone lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility and accuracy of FDG-PET/CT in comparison with standard anatomic imaging with CT and MRI in the staging and follow up of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) or diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Design and Methods: We reviewed a database of 75 lymphoma patients who underwent concurrent FDG-PET/CT and standard diagnostic CT scans or MRI, and identified those with bone involvement by lymphoma. Involvement of bone was demonstrated by either biopsy of a bone lesion or radiologic appearance and clinical follow up highly suggestive of bone involvement. Follow up studies were evaluated for resolution of FDG avid lesions on PET, and anatomic lesions on CT or MRI. Results: Fourteen patients with either HL or DLBCL who underwent both FDG-PET/CT and diagnostic CT were identified to have bone involvement by lymphoma. FDG-PET identified bone involvement in all 14 patients, whereas CT imaging identified bone involvement in seven. One patient in whom CT did not detect bone involvement had evidence of bone lymphoma by MRI. Eight patients had confirmation of bone lymphoma by biopsy, while 6 were confirmed by clinical criteria (radiologic appearance and clinical follow up). Thirteen of the patients had follow up FDG-PET/CT scans, and 12 had follow up CT and/or MRI. All follow up FDG-PET scans showed resolution of FDG avid bone lesions after anti-lymphoma therapy. In contrast, all CT and MRI scans which originally showed evidence of bone involvement had persistent abnormality on follow up, with only 2 showing improvement. At a median follow up of 9 months (range 0–20 months), 11 patients remain in remission, while 2 patients subsequently showed progression by FDG-PET, CT and biopsy in soft tissue sites, but not bone. One patient remains on therapy. No patient in our series was found to have a benign etiology of a lesion initially thought due to lymphoma. Conclusion: FDG-PET/CT is useful in the staging and follow up of patients with lymphoma with bone involvement. The lack of sensitivity of CT combined with the delayed resolution of anatomic abnormalities limit the utility of standard anatomic imaging, making FDG-PET/CT the imaging modality of choice for patients with bone lymphoma.



2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Benjamin H. Lowentritt ◽  
Michael S. Kipper

The positron emission tomography (PET) tracer 18F-fluciclovine has seen increasing use to localize disease in men with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer, i.e., elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels post-treatment. 18F-Fluciclovine PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging reports now play central roles in many physician-patient discussions. However, because no standardized grading system or templates yet exist for 18F-fluciclovine image assessment, reports vary in format, comprehensiveness, and terminology and may be challenging to fully understand. To better utilize these documents, referring physicians should be aware of six key features of 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT. First, 18F-fluciclovine is a radiolabeled synthetic amino acid targeting the amino acid transporters ASCT2 and LAT1, which are ubiquitous throughout the body, but overexpressed in prostate cancer. Second, 18F-fluciclovine image interpretation is predominantly visual/qualitative: radiotracer uptake in suspicious lesions is compared with uptake in bone marrow or blood pool. Location of 18F-fluciclovine-avid lesions relative to typical recurrence sites and findings elsewhere in the patient are considered when evaluating lesions’ probability of malignancy, as is visibility on maximum intensity projection images when assessing bone lesions. Third, 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT detection rates increase as PSA levels rise. Fourth, detection rates may differ among centers, possibly due to equipment and reader experience. Fifth, since no diagnostic test is 100% accurate, scan data should not be used in isolation. Lastly, 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT findings frequently induce changes in disease management plans. In the prospective multicenter LOCATE and FALCON studies, scans altered management plans in 59% (126/213) and 64% (66/104) of patients, respectively; 78% (98/126) and 65% (43/66) of changes, respectively, involved modality switches. Referring physicians and imagers should collaborate to improve scan reports. Referrers should clearly convey critical information, including prescan PSA levels, and open clinical questions. Imagers should produce reports that read like consultations, avoid leaving open questions, and if needed, provide thoughts on next diagnostic steps.



2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Inoue ◽  
Yoko Tomita ◽  
Tsuyoshi Egawa ◽  
Tomoaki Ioroi ◽  
Masaaki Kugo ◽  
...  

Background. The outcome of neonates with congenital cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is variable. Observations. We report a case of LCH in a female premature neonate born at 33-week gestation. She had disseminated cutaneous lesions, which consisted of hemorrhagic papules and vesicles, with sparse healthy skin areas, and the hands and feet were contracted with scarring and blackened. She was in respiratory failure although no apparent pulmonary or bone lesions on X-rays were noted. Skin biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of LCH due to observation of CD1a+ Langerhans cells, which lacked expression of E-cadherin and CD56. The patient died 57 hours after birth. Conclusions. Based on this case and the literature survey, the outcome of premature babies with congenital cutaneous LCH lesions is noted to be unfavorable, with the majority of such cases suffering from multisystem disease.



Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 5106-5106
Author(s):  
Johnny McHugh ◽  
Ciaran Johnston ◽  
Deirdre Duke ◽  
Patrick Thornton ◽  
Steve Eustace ◽  
...  

Abstract BACKGROUND: Bone involvement in myeloma is conventionally assessed by radiographic skeletal survey (plain x-rays of spine, skull, chest, pelvis and long bones). However this may not pick up bony involvement in all patients who may then present with serious complications of myeloma bone disease such as spinal cord compression. Whole body MRI may be better than skeletal survey at evaluating myeloma bone involvement. AIMS: To compare the evaluation of myeloma bone involvement by conventional radiographic skeletal survey (RSS) with whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: 35 patients with multiple myeloma (median age 68 yrs, range 46–81) underwent conventional RSS and whole body MRI. 19 of the patients had newly diagnosed multiple myeloma and 16 had relapsed multiple myeloma. The extent of myeloma bone involvement was evaluated in both RSS and MRI as follows: the body was divided up into ten areas: skull, cervical spine, ribs, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, pelvis, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg. In each area the extent of myeloma bone involvement was scored in both RSS and MRI as follows: 0 = normal; 1 = one focus of abnormality; 2 = more than one focus of abnormality; 3 = diffuse disease. The scores for each of the ten areas were combined to give an overall score out of thirty for both RSS and MRI. RESULTS: 30 of the 35 patients (85.7%) had evidence of bone involvement on MRI. This compares with 22 out of the 35 (62.9%) on RSS. The mean score for the extent of myeloma bone involvement on MRI was significantly higher than that for RSS (MRI mean score: 15.5 out of 30 (median 17, range 0–30); RSS mean score: 5.5 out of 30 (median 3, range 0 to 24); p<0.001). MRI was superior to RSS in all ten areas evaluated both in terms of lesion detection and extent of disease. The greatest difference between MRI and RSS was seen in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, while the smallest difference was seen in the ribs and skull. Eight of the patients had no bone involvement detectable on RSS but did have bone involvement on MRI and this resulted in upstaging on Durie-Salmon staging in four patients. SUMMARY/CONCLUSIONS: RSS has limited sensitivity and a significant ionising patient dose. It is a cumbersome procedure taking up to 30 minutes. Whole body MRI gives improved sensitivity and appreciation of anatomic location of disease. It is non-ionising and can be rapidly acquired at low cost. We conclude that whole body MRI is superior to conventional RSS in both the identification and evaluation of extent of bone involvement in multiple myeloma.



PEDIATRICS ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 767-770
Author(s):  
MCLEMORE BIRDSONG ◽  
CAMILLUS S. L'ENGLE

MULTIPLE cystic tuberculous cranial lesions are uncommon. Meng and Wu have reported 40 cases involving the skull, and Gibson has described 32 cases involving multiple lesions over the skeletal system. These two reports point out that in countries where tuberculosis is prevalent, multiple tuberculous lesions of other bones are common. Jungling called attention to multiple cystic lesions in the bones in nine cases and chose to refer to the condition as osteitis tuberculosa multiplex cystica. The lesions he described were in the small bones of the hands and feet almost entirely, and occurred in adults. A large majority of the cases mentioned were not confirmed by recovery of the tubercle bacillus from the lesions. In recent years Lyford, Hsieh, et al, Stalmann, Kelly and Sailer, Law and Perham, Martin, Fox, Frost, and Martin and Fogel, have all reported cases of multiple tuberculous bone lesions. Most of these cases have sufficient information to confirm the diagnosis. However, since proven cases of multiple cystic tuberculosis are uncommon in pediatric literature, this being the fourteenth case reported, it seem worth while to record it. History: No. 222,524, T.B.E., a 13 months old white male child, was admitted with a complaint of subcutaneous swellings and fever for eight months' duration. Except for several episodes of diarrhea the child was well until he was five months of age. At that time it was noticed that he had swellings on both sides of the neck. During the eight months prior to admission swellings appeared in the axilla, in the groin, on the anterior surface of the right upper leg, on the fourth finger of the right hand, and on the right side of the head. Some of the swellings attained the size of 1.5 cm. They did not increase or decrease in size. They never suppurated nor drained. The swellings were quite tender. At times the nodes softened, only to harden again. After the eighth month of life the child neither gained nor lost weight though he ate fairly well. He ran an intermittent fever, and, for one month prior to admission here, he ran a daily fever as high as 38.8°C. The child had been treated elsewhere with penicillin and X-ray therapy. A biopsy specimen taken from a node on the right side of the neck was sent to this hospital, and was reported as tuberculous adenitis. Past history revealed no exposure to tuberculosis. The mother and father had had negative chest X-rays elsewhere. The child had always received raw cow's milk.



2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1417.3-1418
Author(s):  
A. Dghaies ◽  
R. Dhahri ◽  
M. Slouma ◽  
L. Metoui ◽  
I. Gharsallah ◽  
...  

Background:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by the larve of Echinococcus granulosus. Cysts can develop in any part of the body, although the liver and lungs are most frequently involved. Bone echinococcosis is one of the rarest forms of the disease, accounting for 0.5 to 4.0% of all echinococcosis. Spinal cysts are disabling causing destruction similar to malignant bone lesions, with high risk of neurological deficit.Objectives:To increase awareness of this disease, the clinical data of eight patients with spinal CE were analyzed retrospectively.Methods:Clinical data of eight patients with spinal CE were analyzed retrospectively, collected over ten years on the department of orthopedics in the Military hospital of Tunis.Results:The mean age of the patients was 49 years. The median disease duration was five years. All patients presented with back pain and paresthesia without neurological deficit. Radicular pain was reported by two patients. The diagnosis of spinal CE was made after the diagnosis of visceral CE in two patients. Former X rays showed nonspecific abnormalities and patients were treated initially by symptomatic treatments based on paracetamol and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs without any improvement. All of the patients needed Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to explore chronic back pain with paresthesia, revealing spinal CE. The typical MRI appearance is a multilocular cyst. Six patients had cervical and thoracic spinal cysts, one patient had a lumbar spinal cyst and one patient had cervical, thoracic and lumbar cysts. Further examinations with Computed tomography scans (CTscans) were needed before surgery for better examination bone destruction. All patients underwent surgery. Cysts were removed with spinal fixation. All the patients showed relapses and needed at least three surgical interventions.Conclusion:Bone echinococcosis is rare and often misdiagnosed. Radiographic and CT images lack disease-specific characteristics whereas MRI images offers a greater chance of direct diagnosis. Treatment of spinal hydatid disease is entirely surgical with high risk of relapses.Disclosure of Interests:None declared



Author(s):  
W. Brünger

Reconstructive tomography is a new technique in diagnostic radiology for imaging cross-sectional planes of the human body /1/. A collimated beam of X-rays is scanned through a thin slice of the body and the transmitted intensity is recorded by a detector giving a linear shadow graph or projection (see fig. 1). Many of these projections at different angles are used to reconstruct the body-layer, usually with the aid of a computer. The picture element size of present tomographic scanners is approximately 1.1 mm2.Micro tomography can be realized using the very fine X-ray source generated by the focused electron beam of a scanning electron microscope (see fig. 2). The translation of the X-ray source is done by a line scan of the electron beam on a polished target surface /2/. Projections at different angles are produced by rotating the object.During the registration of a single scan the electron beam is deflected in one direction only, while both deflections are operating in the display tube.



2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Taketoshi Ide ◽  
Takamichi Ito ◽  
Maiko Wada-Ohno ◽  
Masutaka Furue

The efficacy of preoperative imaging for acral melanoma (AM) has not been fully evaluated. We examined the accuracy of imaging modalities in the detection of nodal and distant metastases in patients with AM. A retrospective review of 109 patients with AM was performed. All patients had no clinical signs suggestive of distant metastases, and underwent preoperative screening computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scans. Of 100 patients without lymphadenopathy, 17 patients were suspected of having nodal metastasis in CT and PET/CT, but only two of them were confirmed on histopathological analysis. On the other hand, 12 out of 83 negatively imaged patients showed histopathological signs of nodal metastasis; thus, the sensitivity and specificity of nodal detection were 14.3% and 82.6%, respectively. Regard to the detection of distant metastases, four patients were suspected of having metastasis, but this was later ruled out. The remaining 96 negatively imaged patients were confirmed to have no metastasis at the time of CT and PET/CT by the follow-up. In contrast, distant metastases were found by CT and PET/CT in four of nine patients (44.4%) with lymphadenopathy. Routine preoperative CT and PET/CT for AM patients without lymphadenopathy may not be warranted because of low sensitivity and specificity, but it can be considered for those with lymphadenopathy.



2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 448.2-449
Author(s):  
C. Crotti ◽  
F. Bartoli ◽  
M. Manara ◽  
P. A. Daolio ◽  
F. Zucchi ◽  
...  

Background:Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome due to a phosphaturic tumor, which overproduces fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23), causing hyperphosphaturia, hypophosphoremia, low 1,25(OH)2VitD3and osteomalacia. Locating the tumor is critical, because lesions are typically small, benign mesenchymal tumors, anywhere in the body; the delay between onset of symptoms and diagnosis ranges from 2.5–28 years. Surgical removal is the only effective therapeutic approach.Objectives:To retrospectively evaluate patients affected by TIO, investigating clinical management and disease outcome.Methods:We retrospectively collected data of patients affected by TIO referred to a tertiary Rheumatology Center between Sep 2000 and Jan 2020.Results:We included 16 patients with a definite diagnosis of TIO, mean age±standard deviation 62.4±14.6 yrs, 56.2% females, mean age at symptoms onset 48.0±14.3 yrs (53.8±13.1 at diagnosis). Mean diagnostic delay between symptoms onset and tumor detection was 6.8±6.4 yrs. All patients complained bone pain, muscle weakness, and fractures before diagnosis of TIO. Biochemical findings were: mean serum Phosphorus (PS) 1.4±0.4 mg/dL (reference range (RR) 2.5-4.6), mean serum Calcium 9.4±0.7 mg/dL (RR 8.4-10.2), mean serum 1,25(OH)2VitD330.5±23.4 ng/L (RR 25-86). Intact-FGF-23 was dosed in 9 patients, always resulting elevated: mean 396.6±707.3 pg/mL (RR 25-45). PTH was increased in 30% of cases, while serum alkaline phosphatase was increased in 87.5%. 24h-Urine Phosphorus (PU) was increased in only 13% of patients, but, when renal phosphate wasting by tubular reabsorption of phosphate (TRP) was calculated, PU resulted increased in all.Tumor was localized in all cases (Fig.1) and were localized in bone and soft tissue, by using functional imaging, followed by anatomical techniques. Before the introduction in routinely practice of68Ga-DOTATATE-PET-CT in 2013, Octreoscan-SPECT/CT and18F FDG-PET were used as imaging modalities. Since 2013, diagnostic delay consistently reduced, from 8.6±8.3 yrs (7 patients) to 4.5±2.6 yrs (9 patients), confirming higher diagnostic accuracy of68Ga-DOTATATE-PET-CT.Figure 1.13 patients underwent surgery; in two cases surgery was not possible due to tumor location, so pharmacological support with phosphate supplements and calcitriol was started; a patient underwent to TC-guided radiofrequency ablation. After surgery, 7 patients experienced a complete remission, 3 had a persistence of the disease, and 3 an overtime relapse, even after a longstanding normalization of PS (6 years). After surgical tumor removal, PS significantly increased in few days (from 1.36±0.39 to 2.9±1.1, p=0.0001), while iFGF-23 levels tended to rapidly decreased (from 396.6±707.3 to 62.8±78.4). Before the introduction of68Ga-DOTATATE-PET-CT, 6 patients underwent to imaging-guided closed biopsy to confirm tumor localization; by using68Ga-DOTATATE-PET-CT only 2 subjects had closed biopsy. Furthermore, in our population only patients who had biopsy to detect the lesion (7 patients) had relapses compared to patients who did not.Conclusion:To our knowledge, this is the widest European cohort of patients affected by TIO reported in the last two decades. We confirm an important delay between symptoms onset and diagnosis. To locate tumor, a stepwise approach is recommended, starting with a thorough medical history and physical examination, followed by functional imaging, preferring68Ga-DOTATATE-PET-CT. Tumor biopsy is not recommended due to the potential cell spilling. Surgery is considered the only definitive treatment, aiming to a wider excision. Active surveillance is always needed, due to the possible relapses, even after a long period of complete clinical and biochemical remission.Disclosure of Interests: :Chiara Crotti: None declared, Francesca Bartoli: None declared, Maria Manara Consultant of: Consultant and/or speaker for Eli-Lilly, MSD, Sanofi-Genzyme, Novartis, Alfa Wasserman and Cellgene, Speakers bureau: Consultant and/or speaker for Eli-Lilly, MSD, Sanofi-Genzyme, Novartis, Alfa Wasserman and Cellgene, Primo Andrea Daolio: None declared, Francesca Zucchi: None declared, Roberto Caporali Consultant of: AbbVie; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Lilly; Merck Sharp & Dohme; Celgene; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Pfizer; UCB, Speakers bureau: Abbvie; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Celgene; Lilly; Gilead Sciences, Inc; MSD; Pfizer; Roche; UCB, Luigi Sinigaglia: None declared, Massimo Varenna: None declared



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