The patient is an 80-yr-old woman who was referred because of findings on a head CT
“suggestive of Paget's disease.” She gave a history of generalized vague headache for 68 …

Metabolic bone disease is most often diagnosed by a combination of radiological features,
clinical signs and symptoms and biochemistry for serum calcium, phosphate and alkaline …

Paget's Disease of Bone: A Disease of the Osteoclast Page 1 Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic
Disorders 2001;2:195±201 © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Manufactured in The …

We report two cases of monostotic Paget's disease which were effectively treated with
bisphosphonate. Case 1 was a 60-year-old female. Medical examination revealed high …

Figure 1. Lateral radi ographs of osteoporotic spine.(a) Th oracic spine demons trating
osteopenia, thinning of end plates, and wedge fractures at apex of kyphosis in an …

This chapter covers all the necessary commonly seen conditions in orthopedics such as
rickets, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, hemophilic arthritis, gouty arthritis, and Paget's disease …

Two otherwise healthy women (aged 33 and 46 yr, respectively) presented with similar
histories of chronic dull pain, aggravated at night, in their left index and left fifth fingers …

Paget's disease of bone is a chronic skeletal disorder that affects both men and women.
Current data suggest that 2-3% of people in the US over the age of 50 yr have this condition …

Background Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a chronic bone disorder which insidiously
evolves parallel with the aging process. The affected bone has a distinct imaging …

A 65-year-old man was referred to the endocrinology clinic for evaluation of an elevated
alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level of 332 (normal range 30–120) U/L on blood work obtained …