Bone marrow lesions in knee osteoarthritis: regional differences in tibial subchondral bone microstructure and their association with cartilage degeneration.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage
; 27(11): 1653-1662, 2019 11.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to investigate how bone microstructure within bone marrow lesions (BMLs) relates to the bone and cartilage across the whole human tibial plateau.DESIGN:
Thirty-two tibial plateaus from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) at total knee arthroplasty and eleven age-matched non-OA controls, were scanned ex vivo by MRI to identify BMLs and by micro CT to quantitate the subchondral (plate and trabecular) bone microstructure. For cartilage evaluation, specimens were processed histologically.RESULTS:
BMLs were detected in 75% of the OA samples (OA-BML), located predominantly in the anterior-medial (AM) region. In contrast to non-OA control and OA-no BML, in OA-BML differences in microstructure were significantly more evident between subregions. In OA-BML, the AM region contained the most prominent structural alterations. Between-group comparisons showed that the AM region of the OA-BML group had significantly higher histological degeneration (OARSI grade) (P < .0001, P < .05), thicker subchondral plate (P < .05, P < .05), trabeculae that are more anisotropic (P < .0001, P < .05), well connected (P < .05, P = n.s), and more plate-like (P < 0.05, P < 0.05), compared to controls and OA-no BML at this site. Compared to controls, OA-no BML had significantly higher OARSI grade (P < .0001), and lower trabecular number (P < .05).CONCLUSION:
In established knee OA, both the extent of cartilage damage and microstructural degeneration of the subchondral bone were dependent on the presence of a BML. In OA-no BML, bone microstructural alterations are consistent with a bone attrition phase of the disease. Thus, the use of BMLs as MRI image-based biomarkers appear to inform on the degenerative state within the osteochondral unit.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tíbia
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Medula Óssea
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Cartilagem Articular
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Osteoartrite do Joelho
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Microtomografia por Raio-X
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Articulação do Joelho
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Osteoarthritis Cartilage
Assunto da revista:
ORTOPEDIA
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REUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article