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Hajdu-Cheney syndrome (HCS) is a rare genetic connective tissue disorder caused by gain-of-function mutations in the NOTCH2 gene. We report a 38-year-old male HCS patient with a history of multiple pathologic fractures, poor bone stock under intermittent antiresorptive therapy, and secondary osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, in which we successfully performed total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Next to a detailed skeletal assessment including laboratory bone metabolism markers, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT), undecalcified histologic and histomorphometric analysis was performed on intraoperatively obtained tibial cut sections. This multiscale assessment revealed a severe, combined trabecular-cortical microarchitectural deterioration, increased bone turnover indices, and advanced cartilage degeneration, thus demonstrating the crucial role of Notch2 in skeletal and cartilage homeostasis, which is in line with the findings of previous mouse models.

Skeletal characterization in a patient with Hajdu-Cheney syndrome undergoing total knee arthroplasty