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Paget's disease of bone (commonly known as Paget's disease or, historically, osteitis deformans) is a condition involving cellular remodeling and deformity of one or more bones. The affected bones show signs of dysregulated bone remodeling at the microscopic level, specifically excessive bone breakdown and subsequent disorganized new bone ...
James Paget in 1870 James Paget in 1881 "Surgery" Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876. Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet FRS HFRSE (11 January 1814 – 30 December 1899) (/ ˈ p æ dʒ ə t /, rhymes with "gadget") was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease [1] and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of ...
Paget's disease of the breast (also known as mammary Paget's disease) is a rare skin change at the nipple nearly always associated with underlying breast cancer. [2] Paget's disease of the breast was first described by Sir James Paget in 1874. [3] The condition is an uncommon disease accounting for 1 to 4% of all breast cancers cases.
An example of a disease that is identified through orthopaedic pathology: Comparison of the human body normally (left) with one that has Paget's disease of bone in the pelvic area (right). The bones become fragile and deformed over time as a result.
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is a rare and slow-growing cancer, which occurs within the epithelial tissues [1] and accounts for 6.5% of all Paget's disease. [2] This disease presents similarly to the more conventional form of mammary Paget's disease (MPD). [ 3 ]
Paget's disease may refer to several conditions described by Sir James Paget, surgeon and pathologist: Paget's disease of bone (most common use of the term "Paget's disease") Paget's disease of the breast; Paget–Schroetter disease; Paget's abscess; Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD)
Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone) [3] Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone) Osteitis pubis; Radiation osteitis Osteitis condensans ilii; Panosteitis, a long bone condition in large breed dogs [4] In horses, pedal osteitis is frequently confused with laminitis.