Abstract
PURPOSE: To identify bone abnormalities related to total-body irradiation (TBI) in long-term survivors of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for childhood leukemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The authors obtained skeletal surveys of 10 survivors of childhood leukemia, ages 5-27 years, who had undergone BMT 7-9 years previously. Pretransplantation 'conditioning' regimens were composed of chemotherapy and TBI in doses of 12 or 14.4 Gy. RESULTS: Of the six survivors who received TBI before age 8 years, five had osteochondromas and three had metaphyseal growth abnormalities. One also had slipped femoral capital epiphysis. Findings in the four remaining patients, who received TBI at ages 12-19 years, were less severe and less clearly related to TBI (mild scoliosis in two cases, avascular necrosis of the femoral condyles in one, and a femoral enchondroma in one). CONCLUSIONS: Skeletal abnormalities, previously recognized as sequelae of local external- beam irradiation in children, may occur in long-term survivors of BMT who have received TBI. Younger patients appear to be at the greatest risk.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 231-235 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | RADIOLOGY |
Volume | 191 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1994 |
Keywords
- Bone marrow, transplantation
- Bones, effects of irradiation on
- Bones, growth and development
- Leukemia, in infants and children
- Leukemia, therapy
- Osteochondroma
- Radiations, injurious effects, complications of therapeutic radiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging