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ArticleTurkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology2015

Osteoporosis and osteopathy markers in patients with mastocytosis.

Nilüfer Alpay Kanıtez, Burak Erer, Öner Doğan, Nesimi Büyükbabani, Can Baykal, Dilşad Sindel, Refik Tanakol, Akif Selim Yavuz

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Article in Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Management of skeletal-related events and fracture prevention in systemic mastocytosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  3. Endocrine manifestations of systemic mastocytosis in bone.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Nilüfer Alpay Kanıtezİstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İstanbul, Turkey. E-mail: nalpay@istanbul.edu.tr.
Burak Erer
Öner Doğan
Nesimi Büyükbabani
Can Baykal
Dilşad Sindel
Refik Tanakol
Akif Selim Yavuz
Istanbul University · TRHampshire Constabulary · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOsteoporosis, osteosclerosis, and lytic bone lesions have been observed in patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM). We examined bone mineral density (BMD) biochemical turnover markers and serum tryptase levels in SM, which is considered a rare disease. MATERIALS AND

methodsSeventeen adult patients (5 females, 12 males; median age: 33 years, range: 20-64) with mastocytosis were included in this study. We investigated the value of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of the calcaneus in the assessment of BMD in SM patients, as well as BMD of the lumbar spine (L1-L4), femoral neck, and distal radius using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and plasma tryptase levels, biochemical markers of bone turnover.

resultsAt lumbar spine L1-L4, the femoral neck, and the distal radius or as calcaneus stiffness, 12 of 17 patients had T-scores of less than -1 at least at 1 site, reflecting osteopenia. Three of 17 patients had T-scores showing osteoporosis (T-score <-2.5). There was no relationship between DXA and bone lesion severity. We also found a significant positive correlation between tryptase levels and disease severity, as well as between disease severity and pyridinoline (p<0.01 by Spearman's test).

conclusionDXA and calcaneal QUS may not be appropriate techniques to assess bone involvement in SM patients because of the effects of osteosclerosis. This study further shows that the osteoclastic marker pyridinoline is helpful in patients with severe disease activity and sclerotic bone lesions to show bone demineralization.

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PMCPMC4439906
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