Renal osteodystrophy: imaging findings that mimic those of other diseases.

Vascular calcifications and renal osteodystrophy in chronic hemodialysis patients: what is the relationship between them?

“…The main radiographic findings are induced by HPTH and are located especially in hands, clavicles, sacrum-iliac and pubic bones. OM and ABD are painful complications, and their main clinical and radiological manifestations are bone fractures [3,[12][13][14][15]. Recently, the ''Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes'' (KDIGO) foundation recommended that the term ''ROD'' should be used exclusively for alterations in bone morphology assessed by biopsy associated with chronic kidney disease [2].…”

MR Imaging of Medullary Streaks in Osteosclerosis: A Case Report

“…In patients with chronic renal insufficiency, abnormalities involving the musculoskeletal system are numerous and frequent (1, 2). Osteosclerosis is a well known feature of renal osteodystrophy, occurring in 9-34% of patients (1), and although the cause is not clearly understood, PTH has been implicated because of its stimulation of osteoblastic activity (1).…”

“…In patients with chronic renal insufficiency including osteosclerosis, brown tumors, skeletal deformity, fatty marrow inversion, osteonecrosis, transient bone marrow edema and occult stress fracture, MRI is helpful in the evaluation of bone marrow abnormalities (2, 3). Ito et al (5) reported that in chronic renal failure, T1 relaxation time was related to the cellular histologic findings of the vertebrae.…”

“…They encompass a range of conditions which includes secondary hyperparathyroidism, osteosclerosis, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, soft-tissue and vascular calcification, amyloid deposition, tendon rupture, infection, and avascular necrosis (1, 2). While the various characteristic imaging features seen in chronic renal insufficiency have been reported, only a few studies (1-3) have described the bone marrow pattern revealed by MR imaging in renal osteodystrophy.…”

Validation of the Clinical, Radiological, Biochemical Parameters of Osteomalacia

“…The differential diagnosis of generalized osteopenia includes Osteomalacia, hyperparathyroidism, and multiple myeloma. 9 The diagnosis of Osteomalacia is dependent on clinical, radiographic and biochemical parameters still, none of these are pathognomonic of the disorder, and histologic examination of a bone biopsy, an invasive procedure is usually necessary to confirm the diagnosis. 10 McKenna et al 11 Came up with a criteria based on clinical, biochemical and radiological assessment to diagnose Osteomalacia and till date remains the one of the most accepted criteria for diagnosis of Osteomalacia sans biopsy.…”