title: An interesting case of peripheral vascular disease, vascular reperfusion, and subsequent development of pain due to Paget's disease of bone.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of Paget's disease of bone that was unmasked after vascular reperfusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this case study, we review the presentation, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of a patient with Paget's disease and peripheral vascular disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 79-year-old-woman with a history of coronary artery heart disease and recent finding of a T5 compression fracture was hospitalized for evaluation of right lower extremity claudication. Angiography demonstrated a focal complete occlusion of the distal right femoral and popliteal arteries. A self-expanding stent was placed in the distal femoral and popliteal arteries. Approximately 48 hours after the procedure, the patient developed severe, right lower leg pain. On endocrine evaluation, the patient was found to have clinical signs suggesting Paget's disease of bone, which was subsequently confirmed by imaging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This patient's development of severe pain following reperfusion of distal femoral and popliteal arteries is in keeping with the known and aforementioned hypervascularity of pagetic bone. The finding of increased warmth over an area of skeletal deformation should always raise the possibility of Paget's disease of bone.
authors: Department of Endocrinology, Roger Williams Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors: Sunna
authors: S
authors: Kwun
authors: Joseph R
authors: JR
authors: Tucci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*