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  • Title: Bone mineral density and bone turnover before and after surgical cure of Cushing's syndrome.
    Author: Hermus AR, Smals AG, Swinkels LM, Huysmans DA, Pieters GF, Sweep CF, Corstens FH, Kloppenborg PW.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 1995 Oct; 80(10):2859-65. PubMed ID: 7559865.
    Abstract:
    We measured bone mineral density (BMD) using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in 20 patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS) (14 pre- and 2 postmenopausal women, 4 men) before and in 18 of them also at regular intervals after surgical cure (median duration of follow-up, 36 months). In addition, in the premenopausal women with CS, fasting blood samples and 2-h fasting urine samples for measurement of biochemical parameters of bone and collagen metabolism were collected before and in 9 of them also at regular intervals during the first 2 yr after surgery. Marked osteopenia was present in most patients with active CS (Z-scores: lumbar spine -1.45 +/- 1.44 and femoral neck -1.50 +/- 1.02; mean +/- SD). No consistent change in BMD was observed at 3 and 6 months after surgery. Thereafter BMD increased considerably in almost all patients. For the 15 patients with a follow-up of at least 1 yr, Z-scores at the last evaluation were -0.65 +/- 1.27 for the lumbar spine and -0.98 +/- 1.02 for the femoral neck (both P < 0.002 compared with pretreatment values). In the premenopausal patients, the increase in BMD both in the lumbar spine and in the femoral neck at 24 months was inversely correlated with age (r = -0.733, P < 0.03, and r = -0.667, P < 0.05, respectively). Serum levels of osteocalcin, bone alkaline phosphatase, carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen, aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen, and the cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen were not significantly different between the group of 14 premenopausal patients with active CS and a control group of 18 age-matched healthy premenopausal women. However, the urinary hydroxyproline/creatinine ratio was significantly higher in patients with CS (24.6 +/- 9.6 vs. 16.2 +/- 3.5 mumol/mmol, P < 0.01). In all 9 premenopausal patients, serum levels of osteocalcin increased considerably between 0 and 3 months (from 1.04 +/- 0.20 to 3.82 +/- 0.30 nmol/L) (mean +/- SEM, P < 0.0001), indicating a prompt increase of osteoblast activity. Also serum levels of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen, aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen, and cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen, and the urinary hydroxyproline/creatinine ratio increased significantly between 0 and 3 months. Thereafter these levels decreased gradually. We conclude that marked osteopenia in the lumbar spine and femoral neck is present in most patients with active Cushing's syndrome.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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