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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2005

The 67 y.o. patient had 5 recurrent fractures of the lower extremities without considerable cause within 5 years. O-shaped deformity of the legs in the knee joints has appeared. The skull, pelvis and lower extremities X-Ray shows the thickening of flat bones. In the long bones there is a hyperostosis along the bone axis.The blood test has not revealed any inflammation activity. Serum calcium is normal. What disease do you consider in this case?

Answer options

  1. Chronic osteomyelitis
  2. Paget’s disease
  3. Hyperparathyoid dystrophy
  4. Myeloma
  5. Mottled disease (marble disease)
Correct answer

Paget’s disease

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