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What is the underlying mechanism for Paget’s disease?

This disease occurs when you have osteoclastic hyperactivity. On imaging you can see thinning of the skull base and long bones. These patients are therefore prone to pathologic fractures … and of course, in the eye, they can have angioid streaks with resulting CNV.

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