Paget's disease of bone complicated by giant cell tumor.
Paget's disease is uncommon in patients younger than 50 years of age. Multifocal giant cell tumors arising in bone affected by Paget's disease have been described previously in 37 cases. A case of a 38-year-old man with polyostotic Paget's disease and multifocal giant cell tumors responsive to steroid therapy is presented.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium.
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Vandeweyer
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D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone