RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58095876
T1 Paget Disease
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58095876
RD 2024/04/25
AB •  Also  known  as  osteitis  deformans•  Nonmalignant  disease  involving  accelerated  bone  resumption  followed  by  deposition  of  dense,  disorganized,  and  ineffectively  mineralized  bone  matrix•  Etiology  is  unknown,  although  posited  to  be  infectious;  hereditary  causes  possible  as  well•  3  phases  of  disease:  -Intense  bone  resorption-Production  of  abundant  woven  bone  with  ineffective  mineralization-Deposition  of  sclerotic,  chaotic  cortical  and  trabecular  bone