Ivory Fingers: Monostotic Paget’s Disease of the Phalanges

Pagets Disease Of The Nipple

Appropriate Lengths Between Phalanges of Multijointed Fingers for Stable Grasping

n appropriate arrangement of finger joints is very important since the stability of grasping an obj :atly depends on that arrangement. Multijointed fingers can grasp an object with many points of conl :h of which is pressed against the object as if wrapping up that object. The amount of the wrapped up a d the form of the finger when an object is grasped are therefore important factors for deter...

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...

Monostotic Paget’s Disease: A Case Report

Paget’s disease is rare in the Chinese. We present a patient who had a rare monostotic Paget’s disease involving middle diaphysis, distal metaphysis and epiphysis of left femur. Characteristic radiological findings include cortical thickening, coarse trabeculae, osseous expansion and enlargement, and bowing deformity of bone. The patient also had osteo-arthritis of the knee, which can be a comp...

Monostotic Vertebral Paget's Disease of the Lumbar Spine.

Paget's disease in the Far East is quite rare. Age at diagnosis is usually greater than 50 years, and the disease typically affects the spine. Most patients are usually diagnosed with Paget's disease following radiographic examination for other purposes. It usually occurs at multiple vertebral levels, with only 10-25% of vertebral Paget's disease being monostotic. The disease rarely causes neur...