Paget's disease in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis--a diagnostic dilemma.
A patient is described in whom the diagnosis of Paget's disease was complicated by the presence of ankylosing spondylitis. The mechanism for the unusual distribution of pagetic bone is discussed.
Peel
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Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Sheffield.
Barrington
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Austin
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CA
Eastell
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D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase