Beverly, M, Stamm, G, Hamilton, TW et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Upper tibial MRI vascular marks lost in early knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 13 (1). ARTN 281. ISSN 1749-799X
Abstract
Background: We describe upper tibial radiating vascular marks on MRI scans. They are lost in early osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods: A literature search revealed no previous description of upper tibial MRI radial vascular marks. Fifty-six consecutive patients with anteroposterior knee X-rays and an axial PD_SPAIR MRI scan of the same knee within 1 year were studied. Their mean age was 53.1 years (range 22–85) with 27 males and 29 females. The medial and lateral compartments of each knee were scored for osteoarthritis using the Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) classification. Marks on the MRI scans were counted by layer and quadrant position.
Results: Radial vascular marks were present in the first axial upper tibial subchondral slice, peaked between 6 and 10 mm depth and were absent by 16 mm depth. There was no association with age, left or right knee, BMI, or weight. There was more K-L graded OA medially and more vascular marks laterally. There was an inverse correlation between the number of marks and early grades of osteoarthritis medially (p < 0.001) and laterally (p < 0.002).
Conclusion: We demonstrate previously undescribed subchondral vascular marks on axial MRI scans of the tibia and their inverse correlation with the presence and severity of early knee osteoarthritis. Our work offers a new insight into the possible vascular aetiology of osteoarthritis and potentially a means of earlier diagnosis and a therapeutic target.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | MRI; Subchondral; Vascular; Tibia; Kellgren-Lawrence; Osteoarthritis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Institute of Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM) (Leeds) > Orthopaedics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2019 12:10 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2019 12:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s13018-018-0991-y |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141325 |
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