Paget's disease of bone or osteopetrosis?

Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Jul;25(4):544-7. doi: 10.1007/s10067-005-0035-y. Epub 2005 Oct 19.

Abstract

We report a previously undescribed case of diffuse, scan-negative, and low active form of bone disease carrying clinical, x-ray, and biochemistry signs of Paget's disease of bone, which is analyzed in comparison with different forms of osteopetrosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandible / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteitis Deformans / diagnosis*
  • Osteitis Deformans / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteopetrosis / diagnosis*
  • Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging