Radionuclide imaging in osteitis deformans.

Abstract

New knowledge of osteoclastic function and new treatments to reduce osteolytic activity have combined to yield new degrees of biochemical control over the increased rate of bone resorption and formation that characterized osteitis deformans (OD; Paget's disease). We have briefly outlined current concepts, and provided an example of the role radionuclide imaging can play in delineating the skeletal areas involved in this disease.