Case Reports1 April 1958CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF PAGET'S DISEASE: A CASE REPORTSAMUEL ALPERT, M.D., F.A.C.P.SAMUEL ALPERT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-871 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPaget's disease is one of the most frequently encountered bone disorders, and the emphasis in the voluminous literature on the subject has been on the osseous changes. Less well known, and until relatively recent years rarely recorded, are the cardiovascular complications, of which the following case is a graphic example.CASE REPORTThe patient was a 29 year old male of Italian extraction in whom Paget's disease had first been diagnosed 11 years before, when he was treated for a spontaneous fracture of the elbow. The diagnosis was subsequently confirmed by a bone biopsy. The course of the bone disease...Bibliography1. Wagner M: Report of a case of Paget's disease in an 18 year old male, with review of literature, Wisconsin M. J. 46: 1098, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Paget J: On a form of chronic inflammation of bones (osteitis deformans), Med.-Chir. Tr. London 60: 37, 1877. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SornbergerSmedal CFML: Cardiovascular changes in Paget's disease, Circulation 6: 711-726 (Nov.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Moore S: Osteitis deformans, Am. J. Roentgenol. 10: 507, 1923. Google Scholar5. EdholmMcMichael OGJ: Heart failure and bone blood flow in osteitis deformans, Clin. Sc. 5: 249, 1945. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication August 15, 1956.From the New York Regional Office, Veterans Administration, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Samuel Alpert, M.D., Chief, Medical Unit, Veterans Administration Regional Office, 252 Seventh Avenue, New York 1, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe clinical relevance of radiologically revealed Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans)Paget’s DiseaseClinical Entities with Both Vascular and Orthopedic ComponentsDie Pagetsche KnochenerkrankungAbsence of Anatomic Arteriovenous Shunts in Paget's Disease of Bone 1 April 1958Volume 48, Issue 4Page: 871-876KeywordsBiopsyBoneCardiovascular diseasesDyspneaElbowPhosphatases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...