Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Radiologic Manifestations of Bone
Disease in Sickle Cell Anemia
Oni J. Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
March 2003
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Presentation Outline
• Meet patient #1
• MSK imaging modalities
• Brief review of Sickle cell anemia and its
clinical manifestations
• Radiologic imaging of the bone
complications of SCA
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Meet Patient #1
• 44-year old African-American male with hx
of SCA and associated chronic pain
syndrome
• Presents with complaint of left knee pain
• Reports increased pain while walking and
occasionally at rest
• Has had to “dip” into MSContin for
additional analgesia
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Bone Imaging modalities
• Plain radiograph:
– initial radiologic evaluation of the majority
of suspected musculoskeletal
abnormalities
– Relatively specific in differentiating potential
etiologies of lesion b/c of proven ability to
characterize features of the lesion
– May not detect certain processes until they are
far progressed
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Bone imaging modalities
• CT
– Can detect lesions not seen on routine radiographs or
when plain film evaluation is difficult due to nature of
lesion or anatomic site
– best technique in assessment of matrix mineralization,
cortical detail, and detection of the cystic and fatty
lesions
– Can identify subtle bony abnormalities (occult
fractures) and their relationship to adjacent organs
– May fail to demonstrate early vascular and marrow
abnormalities
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Bone imaging modalities
• MRI
– Method of choice for imaging the soft tissues of
MSK system
– Sensitive to changes in bone marrow (i.e. subtle
marrow edema, marrow infarcts)
– Can detect and stage primary bone tumors and
occult bony metastases
– Difficulty visualizing fine bone detail or small
calcifications
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Bone imaging modalities
• Bone radionuclide scan
– Sensitive, but nonspecific for measuring bone
formation and perfusion
– Detects lesions not otherwise seen on radiograph
– Effective for imaging bone marrow and
identifying areas of red marrow replacement
– Effective screen for detecting multiple lesions
– Lacks sufficient spatial resolution to detail
extent and anatomic involvement of disease
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Bone imaging modalities
• Ultrasound
– High frequency transducers allow markedly
improved image resolution
– Can detect joint effusions, subperiosteal fluid,
soft tissue masses, congenital hip dysplasias,
etc.
– Ineffective in visualizing bone detail
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #1: AP films of left knee
BIDMC PACS
Ill-defined sclerotic
densities
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #1: Lateral oblique of knee
BIDMC PACS
Ill-defined sclerotic
densities
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Differential dx for multiple
sclerotic densities
• Bone infarct
• Chronic osteomyelitis
• Osteoblastic metastases
• Enchondromatosis
• Bone islands
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #1: Left knee MR – T2 sagittal
heterogeneous
bone marrow
BIDMC PACS
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #1: Left tibia MR – T2 axial
diffusely heterogeneous
bone marrow
BIDMC PACS
sclerotic bone
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #1: Left knee MR - coronal
BIDMC PACS
heterogeneous
bone marrow
sclerotic
bone
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Differential dx of bone infarct*
• Idiopathic
• Occlusive vascular disease
• Sickle cell anemia
• Fat embolism
• Infection, osteomyelitis
*diff dx for diametaphyseal ischemia
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Quick Review of SCA
• Most common hemoglobin variant in the world
(HbS)
• Autosomal recessive
• ~8% of African Americans are carriers
• High frequency of HbS gene attributed to
“balanced polymorphism”
• Clinical severity can vary among those afflicted
with SCA
http://peptide.ncsa.uiuc.edu/tutorials_current/Sickle_Cell_Anemia/SC2001/intro.html
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pathogenesis of SCA
• Mutation endows deoxy HbS new ability to
polymerize distorting the RBC contours
= HbS
Nucleation
Growth
Alignment
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pathophysiology of SCA
• In addition to polymerization,
– Alteration in RBC membrane and cytoskeleton
– Increased RBC adherence to vascular
endothelium
– Disordered RBC volume control
– The above factors act in concert to contribute to
the vasooclusive episodes and hemolysis seen
in SCA
http://carnegieinstitution.org/first_light_case/horn/lessons/sickle.html
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Clinical manifestations of SCA
• Symptoms typically begin after 6 mo. of age
• Heterogeneity in clinical and hematolgic severity
• Hematologic:
– chronic anemia
– acute severe anemia (splenic sequestration, aplastic
crisis, hyperhemolytic crisis)
– acute vassoclusive episodes
• Gastrointestinal: pigmented gallstones
• Neurologic:
– Transient ischemic attacks
– infarctive stroke
– intracerebral hemorrhage
– retinopathy
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Clinical Manifestations of SCA
• Cardiac: acute myocardial infarction and high
output failure
• Pulmonary: acute chest syndrome (incl. pneumonia
and infarction due to in situ thrombosis)
• Renal:
– papillary necrosis
– focal glomerulosclerosis
• Infectious: bacteremia, osteomyelitis, meningitis
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Bone complications in SCA
• Among the most common manifestations of
SCA
• Due to one or both of the following factors:
– Bone marrow hyperplasia secondary to chronic
hemolysis
– Vaso-occlusion leading to ischemia and
infarction
www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/medhist/
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Marrow hyperplasia
BIDMC PACS
• widespread expansion of
hematopoeitic bone marrow
throughout the body
• Commonly seen in chronic
hemolytic anemias
fatty marrow
hematopoeitic red marrow
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Skull – marrow hyperplasia
Lonergan GJ, et. al. Sickle Cell Anemia. AFIP Archives 2001; 21:971-994
Reynolds, J.The Skull and spine. Seminars in Roentgenology July 1987; 22:168-175
widened diploic space
red bone marrow
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Skull – marrow hyperplasia
Lonergan GJ, et. al. Sickle Cell Anemia. AFIP Archives 2001; 21:971-994
Hair-on-end
appearance
• Occurs secondary to thinning of the outer table
• Not frequently seen in SCA, but more common in β-thalassemia
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Spinal complications of SCA
• Vertebral sclerosis due to many small
infarcts beginning early in life
• Central cupping of the end-plate (aka H-
shaped vertebrae)
• Vertebral collapse
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
H-shaped vertebrae
BIDMC PACS
ACR
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Vertebral blood supply
Reynolds, J.The Skull and spine. Seminars in Roentgenology July
1987; 22:168-175
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Hands and Feet
Gaston, M. Sickle cell disease: An overview. Seminars in Roentgenology July 1987; 22:150-159
• Dactylitis also known as hand-
foot syndrome
• Most often occurs between 6
and 18 months of age
• Usually the first ischemic
manifestation of SCA
• May involve one bone or
multiple bones
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Dactylitis
soft tissue swelling
of index finger
periostitis along 3rd
through 5th metacarpals
Diff dx includes:
•Pyogenic osteomyelitis (esp. Salmonella)
•Tuberculosis
Lonergan GJ, et. al. Sickle Cell Anemia. AFIP Archives 2001; 21:971-994
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Generalized Osteosclerosis
• secondary to multiple widespread tiny infarcts
• differential dx includes osteoblastic mets
BIDMC PACS
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Long bone circulation
• The nutrient artery supplies the
medullary cavity and inner cortex
• Multiple periosteal vessels supply
the outer cortex
• The metaphyseal and epiphyseal
regions are well-perfused by their
own network of vessels
Bohrer SP. Bone ischemia and infarction in sickle cell disease. St. Louis: Warren H. Green Inc., 1981
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Shoulder: bone infarct
BIDMC PACS
metadiaphyseal
medullary infarct
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Lower extremity infarcts-bone scan
Increased uptake
• Targets bone with Tc-99m
methylene diphosphonate
• Immediately after infarction,
scan demonstrates decreased
uptake
•With reactive bone formation,
there is increased uptake
•May be difficult to distinguish
infarct from osteomyelitis
BrighamRADS website
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #1 revisited: Plain film of hips - AP
BIDMC PACS
sclerosis of
femoral head
sclerosis of
femoral head
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Companion pt: coronal Hip MR
flattened
femoral head
BIDMC PACS
low signal
intensity in
femoral head
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Femoral head anatomy
• vascular supply to femoral
head is an end-organ system
with poor development of
collaterals
• femoral head more vulnerable
to episodes of vaso-occlusion
http://home.pacific.net.au/~rossjones/avn.htm
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Complications of bone infarction
• Fractures
– Resulting from full thickness cortical necrosis
• Osteomyelitis
– Necrotic bone marrow fertile site for 2º infection
– Most common offender is Salmonella
• Growth disturbances
– Usually secondary to deficiency in the nutrient
artery circulation to the central region of the
metaphyseal side of the growth plate
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Radiographic progression of osteomyelitis
Initial radiograph
7 days later
5 weeks later
periostitis
central
lucency
Lonergan GJ, et. al. Sickle Cell Anemia. AFIP Archives 2001; 21:971-994
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Summary
• Bone abnormalities in SCA result secondary to
marrow hyperplasia and episodes of ischemia
leading to infarction
• Multiple modalities can be used in conjunction
with one another to image these bony changes
• Notably, MRI is most sensitive to the detection
of bone marrow changes which are commonly
seen in SCA
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
References
• Reynolds, J.The Skull and spine. Seminars in Roenthenology July 1987;
22:168-175
• Lonergan GJ, et. al. Sickle Cell Anemia. AFIP Archives 2001;
21:971-994
• Gaston, M. Sickle cell disease: An overview. Seminars in Roentgenology
July 1987; 22:150-159
• Bohrer SP. Bone ischemia and infarction in sickle cell disease. St. Louis:
Warren H. Green Inc., 1981
• Alvavi A, et al. Scinitgraphic Examination of Bone and Marrow Infarcts in
Sickle cell Disorders. Seminars in Roentgenology. July 1987;22:213-223
• Bohrer, S. Bone changes in the Extremities in Sickle Cell Anemia. Seminars
in Roentgenology.July 1987;22:176-185
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Oni Blackstock, HMS III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Acknowledgments
• Gillian Lieberman, MD
• Pamela Lepkowski
• Ferris Hall, MD
• Kemi Babagbemi, MD
• Daniel Saurborn, MD
• Joe Makris, MD
• The patients!!
• Larry Barbaras
• Cara Lyn D’amour
Radiologic Manifestations of Bone Disease in Sickle Cell Anemia
Presentation Outline
Meet Patient #1
Bone Imaging modalities
Bone imaging modalities
Bone imaging modalities
Bone imaging modalities
Bone imaging modalities
Pt #1: AP films of left knee
Pt #1: Lateral oblique of knee
Differential dx for multiple sclerotic densities
Pt #1: Left knee MR – T2 sagittal
Pt #1: Left tibia MR – T2 axial
Pt #1: Left knee MR - coronal
Differential dx of bone infarct*
Quick Review of SCA
Pathogenesis of SCA
Pathophysiology of SCA
Clinical manifestations of SCA
Clinical Manifestations of SCA
Bone complications in SCA
Marrow hyperplasia
Skull – marrow hyperplasia
Skull – marrow hyperplasia
Spinal complications of SCA
H-shaped vertebrae
Vertebral blood supply
Hands and Feet
Dactylitis
Generalized Osteosclerosis
Long bone circulation
Shoulder: bone infarct
Lower extremity infarcts-bone scan
Pt #1 revisited: Plain film of hips - AP
Companion pt: coronal Hip MR
Femoral head anatomy
Complications of bone infarction
Radiographic progression of osteomyelitis
Summary
Slide Number 40
Acknowledgments
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