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Meaning of OSTEITIS DEFORMANS

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 Definition: [n]  a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities
 
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 Synonyms: Paget's disease
 
 See Also: osteitis

 

 

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 Definition: 
  1. Osteitis deformans is a disorder of the bone characterized by weakened bones so that the weight-bearing bones bend.
  2. Early symptoms of Paget's disease include softening of bones and bending of weight-bearing bones. Late symptoms include thickening of bones. This is essentially a disease of the elderly as the median age at presentation for treatment is about 70 years.
 

 

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