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FALL 2013 – Wednesday Course Series MEDICAL DETECTIVES: INSIDE THE MIND OF GREAT PHYSICIANS
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm Topic: VACCINES: MYSTERIES: FOP –WHEN BODIES TURN TO BONE Speaker: Joseph A. Kitterman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Joseph A. Kitterman, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF and a staff physician at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. He received a B.A. in Zoology from UC Berkeley and received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After interning at the Montreal General Hospital, he completed a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in cardiopulmonary physiology at UCSF. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. While a UCSF faculty member (1970 to 2007), he was an attending physician in the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery, directed the Neonatology Fellowship Program for 19 years, and was Medical Director of the Neonatal Clinical Physiology Laboratory for 20 years. He has extensive experience in clinical research and in laboratory research (developmental lung biology). Since 2000, he has been active in clinical research in FOP and in the care of patients with the disease.
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*International FOP Association: www.ifopa.org
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Kitterman JA, Kantanie S, Rocke DM, Kaplan FS: Iatrogenic harm caused by diagnostic errors in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Pediatrics 2005;116: e654-e661.
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Genetic Mysteries: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
(FOP), When Bodies Turn to Bone
UCSF Mini‐Medical SchoolOctober 16, 2013
Joseph A. Kitterman, M.D.Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute
What is FOP?
• Rare, devastating genetic condition in which skeletal muscles, tendons and ligaments progressively and permanently turn to bone
• Almost all cases are new mutations
• Characterized by:– Distinctive malformations of the great toes: short with lateral deviation (hallux valgus)
– “Flare‐ups,” tumor‐like lesions that progress to ossification (bone formation)
• Most cases are initially given incorrect diagnoses
• No effective treatment
Major Clinical Features of FOP
Short great toes with valgus deviation
FOP Flare‐up
Why is an old, retired
neonatologist and lung biologist
speaking about a very rare bone
disease that is almost never
diagnosed before age 3 years?
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‐Born at term with unusual shortgreat toes‐Pediatrician asked: “Whose toesdoes he have, mom’s or dad’s?‐Played Little League baseball‐Tried out for high school footballteam‐Avid wake‐boarder‐Age 17, fell while wakeboardingand felt pain in neck‐Mass arose on back‐Biopsies: (1) probable lymphoma;(2) aggressive fibromatosis‐Chemotherapy‐Follow‐up CT scan: Dx’ed byradiologist as FOP
FOP is not a new disease
• 1692: Patin (France) described a woman who gradually became “hard like wood.”
• 1738‐40: Three cases described in letters to the Royal Society (England)
• 1918: Rosenstirnreported a case and reviewed 120 cases from the literature (Annals of Surgery 68:485).
Julius Rosenstirn, M.D.Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco
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Frederick S. Kaplan, M.D.Isaac & Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine
Director, Center for Research in FOP & Related DisordersUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Frederick Kaplan, M.D.
• Orthopaedic surgeon
• 1989: First saw child with FOP
• 1989 to 1991: Research fellow in human genetics and molecular biology with Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D.
• Since then has devoted his career to FOP research and care of FOP patients
• Newsweek, 2006: “One of the 15 people who make America great.”
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
• Rare genetic disease characterized by: ‐malformations of the great toes‐episodic progressive heterotopic ossification
• Incidence: one in 2 million worldwide(no differences by gender, race, ethnicity,
or geographical location)
• Autosomal dominant, 100% penetrance with variable expressivity
• Progressive & permanent loss of mobility
• Cause is an activating mutation of the Type 1 BMP receptor, ACVR1
• No effective treatment
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Malformations of the Great Toes in FOP
Short great toesHallux valgus deformityAbsent or hypoplastic 1st phalanxMalformations are present at birth
Early FOP Lesions (Flare‐ups)• Most commonly occur first on back, head, neck or shoulders
• Lesions are warm, red and tender
• Appear very rapidly, often overnight
IntramuscularLymphocyticInfiltration
MuscleDegradation
Fibro‐Proliferation/Angiogenesis
ChondrocyteCondensation
EndochondralOssification
PerivascularLymphocyticInfiltration
FOP is a Metamorphosis
(Kaplan FS, Tabas JA, et al., J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1993)
FOP Bone
Normal
• Histologically
• Biochemically
• Metabolically
• Physically
• Radiographically
Abnormal
• Wrong time
•Wrong places
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• FOP affects: ‐Striated muscle ‐Tendons‐Ligaments ‐Fasciae
• FOP spares:‐Diaphragm ‐Extra‐ocular muscles‐Tongue ‐Cardiac & smooth muscle‐Small muscles of hand (usually)
• Progression of FOP:‐Cranial to caudal‐Axial to peripheral
(Cohen, et al., J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1993)
Progression of FOP Clinical Aspects of FOP
• Toe malformations are present at birth
• Onset of flare‐ups usually in first decade of life
• Usually misdiagnosed initially
• Flare‐ups may be:‐spontaneous‐triggered by trauma:
Falls IM injectionsBiopsies Surgery
‐a result of a viral infection
• Surgical removal of FOP bone causes rapid, explosive regrowth of bone
Progression of FOP
Repeated flare‐upsIncreasing heterotopic ossificationProgressive & permanent loss of mobility
Progressive Heterotopic Ossification(In an 11 year old boy)
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4 years 7 years 9 years
11 years 18 years 1973
Harry Eastlack1935 to 1972
Harry’s skeleton can be seen in the Mütter Museum inPhiladelphia
Chin‐on Chest Deformity in FOP
8 year old girl: Deformity developed over 3 years
Other Features of FOP
• Mild hearing loss in ~50% of patients
• Neurological complications– Headaches*– Neuropathic pain*– Sensory abnormalities*– Myoclonus*– Demyelinating lesions of CNS
• Characteristic facial pattern– Receding jaw– Under‐developed mid‐facial area
* Only in post‐pubertal females
FOP patients at UCSF in past 13 years
• 2000, 17 y.o. male with masses on neck, back and chest presented at Pediatric Tumor Board
• 2003, 3 y.o. male with neck masses
• 2005, 17 y.o. male seen in Orthopaedics Clinic
• 2006, 23 y.o. female admitted to Medicine with severe flare‐up of arm
• 2006, 18 month male admitted to Pediatrics with a stiff neck and masses on neck, back and forehead
• 2007, 29 y.o. Swedish female admitted to Orthopaedicswith multiple fractures from MVA
• 2007‐2013, 19 y.o. female admitted 25 times to Pediatrics with neurological symptoms
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FOP Meeting for Teens and Young AdultsSan Diego, 2009
Diagnostic Errors in FOP• Survey: 138 individuals with FOP from 25 countries
• 87% initially received incorrect diagnoses
• Physicians seen before correct DX: x=6, range: 1 to 51
• Incorrect diagnoses included– Cancer (32): lymphoma– Fibromatosis (19): aggressive fibromatosis and desmoidtumors
– Bunions or hallux valgus (9)– Overuse injuries (7)– 43 other diagnoses
• 67% underwent biopsies
• 49% reported permanent loss of function due to inappropriate medical interventions
(Kitterman, et al. Pediatrics, 2005)
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Catastrophic Misdiagnosis In FOP Paucity of FOP Information in Medical Textbooks
Type of book n FOP Great Toes Trauma
• Oncology 18 3 2 2
• Internal Med. 19 3 3 2
• Metabol. Bone Dis. 13 8 8 5
• Genetics 16 9 7 4
• Orthopaedics 35 12 7 1
• Podiatry 18 4 3 0
• Pediatrics 30 5 3 0
• Ped. Ortho. 13 4 3 0
• Ped. Oncology 14 1 1 1
• Neonatology 8 0 0 0
• Total 184 29% 20% 8%
• Total Pediatrics 65 15% 11% 2%
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Medical Management of FOP
• Make an accurate diagnosis
• Avoid trauma (IM injections, biopsies, surgery, falls, fatigue)
• Muscle relaxants
• NSAIDs for pain relief (Vioxx was banned)
• For flare‐ups involving new joints or airway, jaw, or throat:
– High dose adrenal corticoids for 3 to 4 days
– Repeat if flare‐up persists
• Amino‐bisphosphonates may help in flare‐ups
• Currently, no proven effective treatment
Special Considerations in FOP
• Dental procedures: Avoid permanent locking of jaw
– No mandibular blocks
– Do not stretch mouth open
• General anesthesia
– No oro‐tracheal intubation
– Use naso‐tracheal intubation
– Careful positioning to avoid pressure trauma
Outcome in FOP
• Recurrent flare‐ups leading to ossification
• Progressive & permanent loss of mobility
• Most are wheelchair bound by the 3rd decade(Cohen, et al., J Bone Joint Surg Am, 1993)
• May need assisted care for basic personal functions
• Malnutrition, especially after inappropriate dental work
• Progressive worsening of cardio‐pulmonary function due to restrictive lung disease (Kussmaul, et al., Clin Othop Relat Res, 1998)
• Early death (median age 40 years, range 3 ‐ 77 years)
• Causes of death:‐Cardio‐respiratory failure (54%)‐Pneumonia (15%)‐Falls (11%)
(Kaplan, et al., J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2010)
Genetic Cause of FOP• Activating mutation in gene encoding for the type 1 bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor, ACVR1 (Alk2), on chromosome 2q
• Identical single nucleotide change in 45 individuals with FOP
• Mutation was absent in 159 individuals without FOP
(Shore, et al., Nature Genetics, 2006)
• Mutation results in:‐Over‐expression of BMP4 mRNA‐Failure to upregulate BMP antagonists‐Ligand independent BMP signaling‐↑ responsiveness in presence of ligand‐↓ BMP receptor internalization/degradation
(Shore & Kaplan, Bone, 2008)
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Recent Research Advances in FOP
• 2004 FOPPY mouse over‐expresses BMP4
• 2006 Discovery of FOP gene
• 2007 Flare‐up cells are endothelial in origin
• 2010 Conversion of endothelial cells to stem cells
• 2011 RAR‐ϒ agonists inhibit H.O.
• 2011 Substance P mediates BMP dependent H.O.
• 2011 “Strategies for Treatment of FOP,”
Scientific Workshop at U. Penn.
• 2012 Transgenic mouse model of FOP
• ? Clinical trial of treatment for FOP
Transgenic Mouse Model of FOPToe Malformations of Hind Limb First Digit
FOP Mouse
Control
Transgenic Mouse Model of FOP Comparison of Human and Mouse FOP
Abnormality Human Mouse
Malformed great toes + +
Heterotopic ossification + +
Fusion of vertebrae + +
Short, broad femoral necks + +
Malform’n of costo‐vert. joints + +
Osteochondromas + +
Inflammationn/lymphocyte + + infiltrationn
(Chakkalakal, et al, 2012)
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FOP Research and Care at UCSF
Edward Hsiao, M.D., Ph.D.Division of EndocrinologyDept. of Medicine
Stem cell research in FOP
Metabolic Bone Clinic (415) 353‐2350
In‐patient care of FOP patients
www.ifopa.org
International FOP Association (IFOPA)
• Founded in 1988 by Jeanie Peeper (Florida)
• >500 members worldwide (50 countries)
• Mission:– Fund research to find a cure for FOP
– Support and education of individuals and families
– Public awareness and advocacy
• Funds from family fundraising events and donations
• IFOPA supports research at ~$500,000/year(~75% of budget for FOP laboratory at U. Penn)
Santa Maria, CA
Find‐A‐Cure Benefit
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BINGO for a Cure
Allentown, PA
FOP Summary
• Rare, debilitating, genetic disease
• Main clinical features:– Characteristic malformations of great toes
– Rapidly appearing tumor‐like swellings that turn to bone
• No effective treatment
• Research support through IFOPA families
• With recent research advances, probable clinical trial of treatment in relatively near future