title: Paget's disease in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis--a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Sheffield.
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Peel
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Barrington
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eastell
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase