Monostotic localization of Paget disease in the hand.


Published online: Jun 27 1994

L De Smet, P Roosen, B Zachee, and G Fabry.

University Hospital Pellenberg, Department of Orthopedics, Belgium.

Abstract

Paget disease rarely affects the hand and when it does, there is usually a polyosteotic involvement. Only a few cases have been described in the literature on monostotic localization in the hand. This paper adds two cases with solitary involvement of a metacarpal.

Open access journal

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.