Paget's disease (osteitis deformans)
A classic case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4677114 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Stirland (University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 173-177 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/oa.1390010306 |
| OpenAlex | W2027094832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Osteitis deformans, first described by Sir James Paget in 1877, is rare in the palaeopathological record. Today, it is a common disease in individuals of 50 or more years, with frequency and extent of skeletal involvement increasing with age. This predilection for the elderly is thought to be the reason why the disease is rarely found in archaeological groups; until recently, it has always been assumed that individuals in the past died relatively young. Recent excavations in Norwich on the site of the medieval church of St Margaret in combusto (terminus ante quem AD 1468), have yielded 436 inhumations. Approximately a quarter of these have been analysed so far; the analysis has demonstrated the presence of a variety of pathological lesions, some rarer than others. The subject of this paper is an older adult male who appears to have had widespread and advanced Paget's disease, with the involvement of multiple osseous sites. Macroscopic and radiological analyses of the skeleton suggest that the lesions present a classic case of this disease
Disease · Osteitis · Osteitis Deformans · Osteomyelitis · Paget's disease of bone · Paleopathology · Pathological · Pathology · Radiological weapon · Bone health and treatments · Medicine · Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology · Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research · Anatomy · Dermatology · Surgery
A case of Paget from a Northern Italy medieval necropolis
Paget's disease of bone in two medieval skeletons from Poulton Chapel, Cheshire, UK
Microscopic evidence for Paget's disease in two osteoarchaeological samples from early northern France
CT and micro-CT analysis of a case of Paget's disease (osteitis deformans) in the Grant skeletal collection
Aux origines de la maladie osseuse de Paget. Un nouveau cas néolithique dans le sud de la France
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |