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- Title
Magnetic resonance imaging reveals distinct bone marrow patterns in indolent and advanced systemic mastocytosis.
- Authors
Riffel, Philipp; Jawhar, Mohamad; Gawlik, Kristina; Schwaab, Juliana; Michaely, Henrik J.; Metzgeroth, Georgia; Hofmann, Wolf-Karsten; Schoenberg, Stefan O.; Reiter, Andreas
- Abstract
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is broadly subcategorized according to mast cell (MC) burden and organ involvement into indolent (ISM), smoldering (SSM), and advanced SM (AdvSM). However, the pattern and extent of bone involvement remains controversial. In this institutional review board (IRB)-approved study, 115 patients with different forms of SM (ISM (n = 37, 32%), SSM (n = 9, 8%), and AdvSM (n = 69, 60%)) underwent a whole-body magnetic resonance imaging including sagittal and coronal T1 and turbo inversion recovery magnitude (TIRM) sequences of the spine. The evaluation included the pattern and extent of pathologic bone marrow (BM) signals in the spine and extremities, osteolytic lesions, and vertebral fractures. A pathologic BM pattern was observed in 4/37 (11%), 8/9 (89%), and 66/69 (96%); affection of the appendicular skeleton in 3/37 (8%), 8/9 (89%), and 67/69 (97%); and vertebral fractures in 7/37 (19%), 0/9, and 13/69 (19%) patients with ISM, SSM, and AdvSM, respectively. In AdvSM, pathologic BM pattern included activated (62%), diffuse sclerotic (25%), and small-spotted BM (9%), respectively. Only activated/sclerotic BM was associated with significantly higher MC burden, organ damage, and inferior median survival (2.9 years, p = 0.04). Vertebral fractures resembled classical multi-segmental osteoporotic fractures in ISM but not in AdvSM in which they were only found in activated/sclerotic BM. Only one patient with AdvSM had a focal osteolytic lesion in the femur. Activated/sclerotic BM changes of the spine and affection of the appendicular skeleton are indicative for SSM or AdvSM. Osteolytic lesions, which are very rare, and osteoporotic fractures are ineligible for the diagnosis of AdvSM.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC resonance imaging; BONE marrow; MAST cell disease; MAST cells; SPINE; SKELETON
- Publication
Annals of Hematology, 2019, Vol 98, Issue 12, p2693
- ISSN
0939-5555
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00277-019-03826-4