Juvenile Paget's Disease: Report of a successful treatment throughout the complete growth of a patient with a missense TNFRSF11B mutation - 18/11/21
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Highlights |
• | Juvenile Paget's disease is an ultra-rare disease featuring high bone turnover. |
• | Early bisphosphonates can improve skeletal deformities and pain. |
• | Hearing loss is not usually responsive to treatment with bisphosphonates. |
Abstract |
Introduction |
Juvenile Paget's Disease (JPD) is an ultra-rare inherited osteopathy featuring markedly accelerated bone turnover. Several clinical characteristics have been reported, including bone deformities developing in childhood and hearing loss.
Case report |
We report the case of a 2 ¾-year-old girl that presented with progressive bowing of both legs since the age of 2, lower limb pain and frequent falls with one consequent femur fracture. Plain radiographs revealed osteoectasia of the long bone's diaphysis, and laboratory tests showed extremely high serum total alkaline phosphatase levels. A missense mutation on the gene TNFRSF11B was identified in homozygosity, and the diagnosis of JPD was made. Treatment with bisphosphonates was initiated early and markedly improved lower limb bowing and pain. The patient reached adulthood with normal height, minor bone deformities, and no functional impairment. Despite the good skeletal symptom's response, bisphosphonates failed to prevent or improve sensorineural hearing loss.
Conclusions |
In this clinical case, early treatment with bisphosphonates was effective for the treatment of JPD skeletal deformities. New therapeutic strategies need to be developed to better control the extraskeletal manifestations of JPD.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Juvenile Paget's Disease, Bisphosphonates, Case report
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Vol 88 - N° 6
Articolo 105243- Dicembre 2021 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
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