Paget's disease of the spine: unusual features and complications.
Paget's disease of bone is a common disorder, with the spine being involved in over 50% of cases. This pictorial review illustrates unusual features and complications of the disease as related to the spine. Unusual features include location in the atlanto-axial region, lytic vertebral Paget's disease and Pagetic ankylosis. Complications related to the spine are mainly neurological due to spinal stenosis, compression fractures and sarcomatous degeneration
Saifuddin
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK. asaifuddin@aol.com
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D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging