title: A case of Paget's disease in an ultracentenarian subject with endoprosthesis of Moore type without cementation.
abstract: Paget's disease is an osteopathy the incidence of which increases with aging; in the 8th decade, it occurs in 11% of the population. Complications of this pathology often occur, and appear prevalently in form of basilar disease. We report a case of an ultracentenarian patient (aged 107) who suffered a cervical right femur fracture after falling in her own house at the age of 104 years. Radiological and laboratory findings revealed a mono-osseal Paget's disease of the right femur. Because of her good conditions, the patient underwent an operation of non-cemented endoprosthesis of Moore type, with a good post-operatory course and a physiokinetic therapeutic treatment. A kinesiologic evaluation was made, by measuring articular range of motion (ROM) through the neutral zero methods and evaluating the muscular strength: it showed a constantly progressive functional recovery of the lower limbs in both subjective and objective terms.
authors.affiliation: University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Policlinico Materdomini, Via T. Campanella, l-88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.forename: R
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authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curti
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authors.lastname: Gareri
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Spadafora
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authors.lastname: Mattace-Raso
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authors.lastname: Teti
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authors.lastname: Pansini
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authors.lastname: Mattace