| Also
known as osteitis deformans, it is a bone disorder in which there
is increased resorption and increased deposition of bone. Patients
may presend with back pain or spinal cord or nerve root compression.
There may also be involvement of the skull, and the cranial nerves
may be compressed where they leave the skull. Most commonly
involved is the eighth cranial nerve (cochlear nerve) which supplies
hearing. It is suspected that the composer Beethoven became
deaf as a result of Paget's disease. |
