Difference between revisions of "Paget's disease of the bone"

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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=emed_paget>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/311688-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/311688-overview]. Accessed on: 25 December 2010.</ref>
Features:<ref name=emed_paget>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/311688-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/311688-overview]. Accessed on: 25 December 2010.</ref>
*Early Paget disease is cellular and fibro-osseous (bone and fibrous components)
*Mature Paget disease is sclerotic with thickened bone trabeculae.
*Bone matrix has jigsaw-puzzle like pattern.
*Bone matrix has jigsaw-puzzle like pattern.
**Jigsaw-puzzle pieces each ~ 100-500 micrometres in size (largest dimension).
**Jigsaw-puzzle pieces each ~ 100-500 micrometres in size (largest dimension).
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