Adult Paget's disease of bone

Pagets Disease Of The Nipple

Pagets disease of uncertain origin: case report

BACKGROUND Pagets disease of the nipple presents as an eczematous lesion, occurs in 1 - 4% of all female breast carcinoma cases and is invariably associated with underlying malignancy either overt or occult. The majority of these cases are invasive disease although 40-45% are associated with DCIS. CASE PRESENTATION A 39 year old lady presented to our unit with a palpable lump in the right bre...

99mTc-MIBI scan in mammary Pagets disease: a case report.

Technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) uptake is known to be increased in breast cancer because of increased blood flow from angiogenesis and heightened metabolism. We performed a 99mTc-MIBI scan in a patient with mammary Paget's disease. The patient had underlying invasive cancer in the same side of the breast. 99mTc-MIBI scan exhibited a scintigraphic image of the uptake from t...

Paget's disease of bone in early adult life.

OBJECTIVE To determine the range and activity of the clinical and biological features of patients aged <40 with Paget's disease of bone. METHODS A retrospective two centre study of 314 patients with Paget's disease of bone from two university hospitals. The disease was diagnosed by radiological, serum alkaline phosphatase (AP) levels, or clinical features, and bone scintigraphy in most patien...

Pagets Disease of Humerus Presenting with Recurrent Fractures: A Case Report

Pagets disease of bone is a rare condition in India and other Asian countries, although it is a common metabolic bone disorder in west. The disease affects elderly and exact etiology is not known. It clinically presents as longstanding bone pain and deformity. We report a case of pagets disease in India affecting humerus and presented with pathological fracture twice before being diagnosed as p...