Characteristic Reconstitution of the Spinal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in Young Children.
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forecasting
Fractures, Compression
/ diagnosis
Fractures, Spontaneous
/ diagnosis
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell
/ complications
Humans
Infant
Lumbar Vertebrae
Male
Orthopedic Procedures
/ methods
Radiography
Plastic Surgery Procedures
/ methods
Spinal Fractures
/ diagnosis
Thoracic Vertebrae
Journal
Journal of pediatric orthopedics
ISSN: 1539-2570
Titre abrégé: J Pediatr Orthop
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8109053
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
entrez:
7
3
2019
pubmed:
7
3
2019
medline:
2
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pediatric Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) often results in vertebral compression fracture. However, few reports have reported vertebral remodeling during the course of LCH. We aimed to investigate the longitudinal reconstitution and transformation of the affected vertebrae and the adjacent structures in young children with spinal LCH. We recruited 13 patients, including 16 affected vertebrae, diagnosed with LCH via biopsy. The average age at first visit was 3.6 years. The average follow-up period was 10.2 years. Vertebral lesions involved L2 in 3 cases; T12, L1, or L5 in 2 cases; and C4, C5, C7, T5, T8, T9, or L3 in 1 case. We measured the ratios of the height of the affected vertebra and 1 vertebra above the affected one to that of the second vertebra above the affected one, local kyphotic angles, and the ratio of the height of the center of the adjacent disk to that of one disk above it. The collapse of the affected vertebra was most severe after 1 year of disease onset. The rate of reconstitution accelerated at 2 years or later of disease onset. The recovery speed of the anterior wall was faster than that of the center height. While the height of the affected vertebrae was restored, the thickness of the adjacent disk also increased. Further, the height of the adjacent vertebrae increased in a similar manner. The average local kyphosis angle shifted to lordosis within the first 3 years. The heights of not only the disk but also the adjacent vertebra increased during the vertebral collapse phase in pediatric spinal LCH patients. These transformations may affect the realignment of the sagittal spinal balance at the earlier stage of the disease. During the collapse phase, the heights of the adjacent vertebrae and disks increase but after the affected vertebrae reconstituted, the augmentation of adjacent vertebrae and disks diminished. Level IV.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Pediatric Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) often results in vertebral compression fracture. However, few reports have reported vertebral remodeling during the course of LCH. We aimed to investigate the longitudinal reconstitution and transformation of the affected vertebrae and the adjacent structures in young children with spinal LCH.
METHODS
METHODS
We recruited 13 patients, including 16 affected vertebrae, diagnosed with LCH via biopsy. The average age at first visit was 3.6 years. The average follow-up period was 10.2 years. Vertebral lesions involved L2 in 3 cases; T12, L1, or L5 in 2 cases; and C4, C5, C7, T5, T8, T9, or L3 in 1 case. We measured the ratios of the height of the affected vertebra and 1 vertebra above the affected one to that of the second vertebra above the affected one, local kyphotic angles, and the ratio of the height of the center of the adjacent disk to that of one disk above it.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The collapse of the affected vertebra was most severe after 1 year of disease onset. The rate of reconstitution accelerated at 2 years or later of disease onset. The recovery speed of the anterior wall was faster than that of the center height. While the height of the affected vertebrae was restored, the thickness of the adjacent disk also increased. Further, the height of the adjacent vertebrae increased in a similar manner. The average local kyphosis angle shifted to lordosis within the first 3 years.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The heights of not only the disk but also the adjacent vertebra increased during the vertebral collapse phase in pediatric spinal LCH patients. These transformations may affect the realignment of the sagittal spinal balance at the earlier stage of the disease. During the collapse phase, the heights of the adjacent vertebrae and disks increase but after the affected vertebrae reconstituted, the augmentation of adjacent vertebrae and disks diminished.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
METHODS
Level IV.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30839484
doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001283
pii: 01241398-201904000-00022
pmc: PMC6416005
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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