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  • Title: Detection of early metaphyseal changes in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease using quantitative mapping of MRI relaxation times.
    Author: Buko EO, Armstrong AR, Laine JC, Tóth F, Johnson CP.
    Journal: J Orthop Res; 2024 Oct; 42(10):2277-2286. PubMed ID: 38796746.
    Abstract:
    Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is a childhood hip disorder characterized by ischemic injury to the epiphysis of the femoral head, but changes to the metaphysis have also been implicated in its pathogenesis. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relaxation time mapping techniques are potentially useful to detect injury in LCPD, but studies to date have focused on the epiphysis. The purpose of this study was to assess whether T2, T1ρ, adiabatic T1ρ, and adiabatic T2ρ relaxation times can detect early metaphyseal changes in an LCPD piglet model. Complete epiphyseal ischemia of one femoral head was surgically induced and confirmed using contrast-enhanced MRI in n = 10 6-week-old piglets; the contralateral side was unoperated. The bilateral hips were imaged 1 week after surgery in vivo at 3T MRI using relaxation time mapping and contrast-enhanced MRI. Relaxation times and thicknesses of the metaphyseal primary and secondary spongiosa were measured and compared between the ischemic and contralateral-control femoral heads using paired t-tests. In the ischemic femoral heads, T2 relaxation times were significantly increased in the primary spongiosa (6.7 ± 9.8 ms, p = 0.029), and T2, T1ρ, adiabatic T1ρ, and adiabatic T2ρ relaxation times were significantly decreased in the secondary spongiosa (respectively: -13.3 ± 9.3 ms, p = 0.013; -32 ± 23 ms, p < 0.001; -43 ± 41 ms, p = 0.009; and -39 ± 13 ms, p < 0.001). The secondary spongiosa thickness was also significantly decreased in the ischemic femoral heads (p < 0.001). In conclusion, T2, T1ρ, adiabatic T1ρ, and adiabatic T2ρ relaxation time mapping techniques can detect early changes in the metaphysis following ischemic injury to the epiphysis of the femoral head in a piglet model of LCPD.
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