Cancellous Bone-like Tissue Replacement from Calcinosis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with Multiple External Root Resorption

Overview

Journal Bone Rep

Date 2022 Jan 21

PMID 35059476

Authors

Takumi Memida

Shinji Matsuda

Takashi Nakamoto

Kazuhisa Ouhara

Mikihito Kajiya

Shintaro Hirata

Eiji Sugiyama

Naoya Kakimoto

Noriyoshi Mizuno

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Abstract

Calcinosis is frequently observed in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The fundamental treatment of calcinosis has not yet been established. During follow-up, calcinosis in the subcutaneous surface is often spontaneously extracted or remains confined by fibrous tissues. We previously identified a new symptom in SSc patients, multiple external root resorption (MERR), and these patients had calcifications in the nasal spine. Here, we report for the first time that calcinosis at the nasal spine in patients with MERR can be replaced by cancellous bone-like tissue. Patients 1 and 2 were a 62-year-old Japanese female and a 45-year-old Japanese female (respectively) with MERR who had been previously treated for SSc (Patient 1: limited type, positive for anti-centromere antibody; Patient 2: diffuse type, positive for anti-Scl70 and anti-SS-A antibodies). Patient 3 was a 57-year-old female with MERR who had been previously treated for SSc (diffuse type, positive anti-Scl-70 antibody) and underwent denosumab injection for osteoporosis. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and CT images in the calcifications at the nasal spine in Patient 1 and 2 were replaced with cancellous bone-like tissue, but not in Patient 3. Serum laboratory examination was performed to assess the systemic bone disease. All three patients had normal clinical data within the references, apart from slightly higher 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels in Patient 1. SSc patients with calcinosis in the maxillofacial area need to be examined carefully for bone replacement using CBCT or CT.

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