osteitis
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osteitis
[‚ä·stē′īd·əs] (medicine)
Inflammation of bone.
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Considering the radiological appearance,
osteitis deformans (Paget's disease) is a possibility, yet metastatic tumors need to be ruled out.
Paget disease of bone (
osteitis deformans) is the second most common bone disease (osteoporosis is the most common).
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