Open AccessA rare incident of Paget′s disease of bone in early adult life
Author(s) -
Harishchandra Rai,
Shaila M Pai,
Anitha Dayakar,
Vivek Javagal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.141373
Subject(s) - paget's disease of bone , medicine , disease , bone pain , bone disease , pediatrics , pathology , osteoporosis
Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is characterized by a focal alteration of bone remodeling, which leads to bone with anomalous structure and altered mechanical properties associated with pain and complications. It is more common in Western Europe where as rare in Africa and Asia. The disease is more common in men of older adults and mean age of occurrence is 59 ± 14 years. But it is rarely encountered in patients younger than 40 years of age.