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University of Ioannina

ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΚΤΙΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΥ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΤΙΜΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΦΡΙΚΗΣ ΟΣΤΕΟΔΥΣΤΡΟΦΙΑΣ

Abstract

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RADIOLOGICAL STUDIES WERE PERFORMED IN 43 HEMODIALYRED PATIENTS. THEY INCLUDED SKELETAL SURVEY AND FINE DETAIL RADIOGRAPHIES (MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE) OF BOTH HANDS WHICH WERE STUDIED BY MAGNIFICATION FOR EARLIER DETECTION OF MINIMAL BONE RESORPTION. THE SKELETAL SURVEY INCLUDED VIEWS OF THE THORAX, LATERAL SKULL, LATERAL THORACIC AND LUMPAR SPINE, PELVIS AND THE RIGHT FEMORAL NECK. SKELETAL SURVEY (BONES OTHER THAN HANDS) SHOWED BONE CHANGES IN 32%. THE USE OF FINE DETAIL RADIOGRAPHY OF THE HANDS AND OPTICAL MAGNIFICATION PERMITTED DETECTION OF SUBPERIOSTEAL RESORPTION IN 47%. HOWEVER WHEN INTRACORTICAL AND ENDOSTEAL BONE RESORPTION WERE INCLUDED THE PERCENTAGE PATIENTS WITH EVIDENCE OF BONE LOSS WAS 62%. RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS WERE CORRELATED WITH CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS. SUBPERIOSTEAL RESOPRTIONS OF MIDDLE PHALANGES CORRELATED ONLY WITH THE LEVELS OF SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (R=0,516, P<0,001). HOWEVER PATIENTS WITH LOW LEVELS OF SERUM PARATHORMONE (<7,8 MIN/ML) HAD NO SUBPERIOSTEAL RESORPTIONS. THERE WAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION WHICH CORRELATED WITH THEPRODUCT OF CALCIUM X PHOSPHORUS SERUM LEVELS (R=0,334, P<0,05). OUR FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT FINE DETAIL RADIOGRAPHY OF THE HANDS IS A VERY SENSITIVE, AND SIMPLE METHOD SUITABLE FOR EARLY DETECTION OF RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY BONE LESIONS.

Degree

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University of Ioannina
Year dc:date
1986

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Παπαγεωργίου, Σταύρος

Subjects

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0521
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0521

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2026-07-24
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citation

Παπαγεωργίου, Σταύρος. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΚΤΙΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΥ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΤΙΜΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΦΡΙΚΗΣ ΟΣΤΕΟΔΥΣΤΡΟΦΙΑΣ. University of Ioannina, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0521