Paget's disease of bone complicated by giant cell tumor

Paget's disease is uncommon in patients younger than 50 years of age. Multifocal giant cell tumors arising in bone affected by Paget's disease have been described previously in 37 cases. A case of a 38-year-old man with polyostotic Paget's disease and multifocal giant cell tumors resp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1998-07 (352), p.187-193
Hauptverfasser: GEBHART, M, VANDEWEYER, E, NEMEC, E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Paget's disease is uncommon in patients younger than 50 years of age. Multifocal giant cell tumors arising in bone affected by Paget's disease have been described previously in 37 cases. A case of a 38-year-old man with polyostotic Paget's disease and multifocal giant cell tumors responsive to steroid therapy is presented.
ISSN:0009-921X
1528-1132
DOI:10.1097/00003086-199807000-00022