Metaphyseal chondromatosis combined with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in four patients

Skeletal Radiol. 2012 Nov;41(11):1479-87. doi: 10.1007/s00256-012-1442-1. Epub 2012 May 26.

Abstract

We report four patients who presented with a severe form of metaphyseal chondromatosis in association with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (D-2-HGA). All patients showed splaying columns of irregular ossification defects with bulbous metaphyses of the long tubular bones, as well as remarkable involvement of the short tubular and flat bones. The vertebral bodies revealed platyspondyly with irregular, stippled endplates. D-2-HGA has been described as a neurometabolic disorder manifesting a broad range of impairment in mental and motor development. Although hydroxyglutaric acid was excreted in high amounts in the urine of all four patients described herein, no significant neurologic abnormalities were evident. This unusual combination of characteristic skeletal and metabolic abnormalities has rarely been reported. Thus, our report will facilitate the recognition of this distinctive entity, and we suggest that a urine organic acid screening be obtained in patients who present with generalized enchondromatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Autoimmune Diseases / complications*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn / complications*
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn / pathology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Contrast Media
  • Epiphyses / diagnostic imaging
  • Epiphyses / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / complications*
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / pathology
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Contrast Media

Supplementary concepts

  • 2-Hydroxyglutaricaciduria
  • Spondyloenchondrodysplasia