Paget's disease of the bone presenting as an apparent oral antral fistula.
Paget's disease of the bone is a chronic, slowly progressive condition commonly evidenced by bowing of the legs and enlargement of the skull. Its lesions are usually multiple and result in thickened but weakened areas within the involved bones. A case of Paget's disease presented as an apparent oral antral fistula. The patient also exhibited other signs and symptoms of the disease.
D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase