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PAGETS DISEASE BONE [9 records]

Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Zoledronic acid, a bisphosphonate, is prescribed for the treatment of a number of different problems which affect bones. It is prescribed as a treatment for osteoporosis, and it is also used to prevent bone damage in people with Paget's disease of bone. It is also given as a treatment for people with some cancers in order to reduce bone damage and blood calcium levels.

OBS

Active ingredient sold under a large number of commercial (trade) names, among which: Aclaste, Zometa, Zomera and Reclast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
CONT

L’acide zolédronique est indiqué dans le traitement de l’ostéoporose chez les femmes ménopausées ou les hommes à risque élevé de fractures [...], ou de l’ostéoporose causée par un traitement corticoïde associé. L’acide zolédronique appartient à la classe de médicaments appelés bisphosphonates.

OBS

Principe actif commercialisé, entre autres, sous les noms de Aclasta, Zometa, Zomera et Reclast.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Etidronate is used to treat a certain type of bone disease called Paget's disease. This disease weakens and deforms bones. Etidronate works by slowing bone loss, helping to keep your bones strong and less likely to break. It also helps reduce bone pain from this disease. This medication belongs to a class of drugs called bisphosphonates. Etidronate is also used to prevent or treat bone problems that may occur after hip replacement surgery or spinal cord injury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
CONT

L'étidronate appartient à la classe de médicaments appelés bisphosphonates. L'étidronate et le carbonate de calcium sont utilisés en combinaison pour traiter et prévenir l'ostéoporose chez les femmes postménopausées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A disease of bone marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened deformed bones of increased mass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Maladie qui se caractérise essentiellement par des déformations osseuses, des douleurs d'origine diverse et des troubles vasomoteurs dans les membres atteints.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Huesos y articulaciones
DEF

Hiperlasia del hueso que puede caracterizadas por la degeneración ósea, el aumento de la masa ósea o la formación de espolones.

OBS

Puede aparecer en huesos expuestos a radioterapia o con osteosarcoma.

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Record 4 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

In advanced Paget's disease, multiple irregular areas of increased density of the bones due to bizarre deposition of new bone, best seen in the skull.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Dans la maladie de Paget, taches opaques représentant des zones d'ostéocondensation, à contours flous, disposées irrégulièrement sur les os plats, en particulier le bassin et le crâne.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
9184/3
classification system code
OBS

9184/3: International Classification of Diseases code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
9184/3
classification system code
OBS

9184/3 : Code de la Classification internationale des maladies.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The biconcave deformities of a vertebral body resulting from collapse of the vertebral endplates. Most common in the lower thoracic and upper lumbar spine, these deformities are characteristic of disorders in which there is diffuse weakening of the bone, such as osteoporosis. A similar pattern may be seen in osteomalacia, Paget's disease, hyperparathyroidism, and neoplasm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Vertèbre biconcave par déformation des plateaux, s'observant notamment dans l'ostéoporose et l'ostéomalacie.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

Where Paget's disease involves strategic sites such as the vertebrae or the base of the skull, local nerve compression can occur as a result of the thickened bone encroaching on nerve foramina.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Partial invagination of the base of the cranium at the foramen magnum by the cervical vertebrae.

OBS

The term basilar invagination is used to describe basilar impression which results from diseases producing softening of bone(Paget's disease, rickets, osteomalacia, scurvy, fragilitas ossium, cleidocranial dysostosis, hyperparathyroidism). [From TEXRA, 1985, p. 1162. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Invagination, à des degrés variables, de la portion supérieure du rachis cervical dans la base du crâne. [D'après DUPAT, 1986, p. 182.]

OBS

À son stade le plus marqué, l'impression basilaire prend le nom d'invagination basilaire. [D'après EMAPP, s.d., 15864, A10, p. 12.]

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A sign typically found in the destructive phase of Paget's disease. The lesion begins at the end of a bone or at an apophysis, such as the greater trochanter or tibial tubercle, and extends along the shaft. This results in an area of radiolucency that ends in a characteristic sharply marginated angular configuration. [From EISER, 1984, p. 305. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Dans la maladie de Paget, ostéolyse circonscrite sous forme d'une grande image claire centrale, triangulaire à pointe inférieure, qui progresse vers l'extrémité distale de l'os.

Spanish

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