Pathological Fractures in Paget's Disease with a Clinical Example

2023

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DOI 10.52889/1684-9280-2023-1-66-45-49
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Abstract

This article presents a clinical case of a 71-year-old woman with a pathological fracture caused by Paget's disease. One of the most common signs of this disease is a deformity of the skeleton, which develops over many years and is most noticeable in the skull and lower extremities. Pathological fractures are most likely to occur in the femoral bones. The pathological restructuring of bone tissue not only adversely affects the general condition of patients but also their quality of life and psycho-emotional state since newly formed bone tissue is prone to deformations and fractures due to bone resorption.Therapies conducted for Paget's disease help to effectively control the course of the disease and improve the general condition of patients. This, in turn, emphasizes the need for early diagnosis of Paget's disease in specific clinical cases with pathological fractures.Keywords: Paget's disease, Paget's disease of bone, pathological fractures, age-related patients, clinical case.