Keywords:
Bones, Musculoskeletal bone, Digital radiography, CT, Diagnostic procedure, Infection, Pathology
Authors:
R. Johnson, R. Chowdhury, R. Chari, C. McCarthy, R. Mansour, J. Teh; Oxford/UK
DOI:
10.1594/essr2016/P-0136
Background
Paget’s disease (osteitis deformans) is a common,
chronic condition characterised by abnormal and excessive bone remodelling.
Over the age of 40 it is reported to affect 3-4% of the population,
rising to approximately 10% over the age of 801. Given this background incidence it is not uncommon for a surgical patient to be diagnosed with Paget’s as an unrelated co-morbidity.
Post-traumatic postoperative osteolysis is a rare but recognised feature in the recrudescence of osteitis deformans,
whereby previously quiescent Paget’s is seen to recur following an unrelated surgical intervention.
Osteolysis has also been described following immobilisation of traumatised Pagetic bone.2