Case report 777. Osteolytic Paget's disease of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
1993
L S Steinbach, and
J O Johnston
Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco 94920.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008159
Lumbar Vertebrae
VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE.
Vertebrae, Lumbar
D008297
Male
Males
D008875
Middle Aged
An adult aged 45 - 64 years.
Middle Age
D010001
Osteitis Deformans
A disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry.
Paget's Disease of Bone,Osseous Paget's Disease,Paget Disease of Bone,Paget Disease, Bone,Pagets Disease, Bone
D010014
Osteolysis
Dissolution of bone that particularly involves the removal or loss of calcium.
Osteolyses
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man