Paget's disease of bone or osteopetrosis?
We report a previously undescribed case of diffuse, scan-negative, and low active form of bone disease carrying clinical, x-ray, and biochemistry signs of Paget's disease of bone, which is analyzed in comparison with different forms of osteopetrosis.
Rozin
Alexander
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The B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Bone Metabolism Unit, Rambam Medical Center and B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Israel-Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. a_rozin@rambam.health.gov.il
Bar-Shalom
Rachel
R
Ish-Shalom
Sofia
S
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging