Orthopaedics

Question 1

What are the complications of Paget’s disease

Answer 1

1. bone overgrowth in affected craniofacial skeleton and tubular bones resulting in secondary osteoarthritis
2. chalk-stick fractures due to brittle bones
3. Nerve compression injury and deafness
4. hypervascularity of Pagetic bone
5. development of sarcoma (osteosarcoma)