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Paget disease of bone 5

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A Paget's disease of bone that is characterized by short stature, progressive long bone deformities, fractures, vertebral collapse, skull enlargement, and hyperostosis with progressive deafness and that has_material_basis_in osteoprotegerin deficiency caused b

A Paget's disease of bone that is characterized by short stature, progressive long bone deformities, fractures, vertebral collapse, skull enlargement, and hyperostosis with progressive deafness and that has_material_basis_in osteoprotegerin deficiency caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TNFRSF11B gene on chromosome 8q24.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hearing impairment
  • Short stature
  • Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration
  • Hypotonia
  • Short humerus
  • Relative macrocephaly
  • Lateral femoral bowing
  • Failure to thrive
  • Osteopenia
  • Increased urine deoxypyridinoline level

Also known as: Familial osteoectasia; Hereditary hyperphosphatasia; Hyperostosis corticalis deformans juvenilis; Juvenile Paget disease; Paget's disease of bone 5