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CT recommended for severe headaches.
Patient Data
Age: 85 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Paget disease - skull
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Thickened sclerotic bone, especially at the skull base and large areas of radiolucencies with deformity of the skull vault on the right.
Case Discussion
Paget disease of the bone is a chronic bone disorder characterized by excessive abnormal bone remodeling.
In the skull, both inner and outer calvarial tables are involved. Osteolysis is frequently seen as well-defined, often large areas of radiolucency most commonly affecting the frontal and occipital bones which referred to as osteoporosis circumscripta.
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