Pagets Disease Skull

Description: Paget's Disease of the Skull: Radiology teaching file
Multiple hazy, sclerotic areas seen in calvarium. This is the typical "cotton wool" appearance of the sclerotic phase of Paget's Disease in the skull.
* Paget's disease is common -- approx. 3% of people over 40 yrs.
o May rise to 10-11% of pts. over age 80.
o Rare among Chinese.
* Clinical findings vary with severity - and location - of disease.
* Occ. associated with high output CHF.
* Viral etiology questioned.
* Has osteolytic, mixed, and sclerotic phases.