Skull in Paget's disease,post-mortem. Close-up of a section through part of the skull,from the outside (bottom) to the interior surface (top). Here,the skull bones are thickened due to Paget's disease. Also called osteitis deformans,this is a chronic bone disease usually occuring in the elderly. The affected bone becomes thickened and deformed by excessive and disorganised resorption and formation of bone | |
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