Atypical familial Paget's disease of bone

Joint Bone Spine. 2001 May;68(3):257-61. doi: 10.1016/s1297-319x(01)00267-6.

Abstract

We report unusual clinical and radiological features of Paget's disease of bone in three family members. All three patients had satisfactory biochemical and symptomatic response to treatment with an intravenous bisphosphonate (clodronate).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Clodronic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Clodronic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteitis Deformans / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteitis Deformans / drug therapy
  • Osteitis Deformans / genetics*
  • Osteitis Deformans / pathology*
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Clodronic Acid