Paget disease of skeleton – Pictorial essay

Subbarao Kakarla

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Subbarao Kakarla1 ,*

¹Chairman, KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

*Corresponding author: Prof. Kakarla Subbarao, MS, D. Sc. (HON), FRCR, FACR, FICP, FSASMA, FCCP, FICR, FCGP, Chairman, KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India. Email: subbaraokakarla25@gmail.com

Received 17 October 2013; Revised 14 December 2013; Accepted 21 December 2013

Citation: Kakarla S. Paget disease of skeleton – Pictorial essay. J Med Sci Res 2014; 2(1):34-40. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-007 

Copyright: © 2014 Kakarla Subbarao. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 

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Abstract

Paget disease involving the skeleton is considered to be rare in India. It may involve any part of the skeleton from head to toe. Conventional radiology is the best mode of investigation depending upon the bone involved the usual symptoms include pain, swelling and deformity. Radiological features and complications are universal as in other countries. Bone scanning is the final word to determine whether Paget is monostotic or polyostotic. A viral theory has been proposed but no exact etiology is established so far.

Keywords: Paget disease; Skeleton; Pictorial essay