. Journal of radiology . flam-matory process, or, it may persist as athickening of the bone, or it may, if thefocus of infection is not removed, goon to the typical picture of osteitis de-formans first described years ago byPaget. While arthritis deformans in adultsis a common observation, Pagets ostei-tis deformans is rare. Pagets Osteitis DeformansI have a record of but a single case(Pathol., No. 21812-1/2. ). This patient was observed inJuly, 1913. and remains in the samecondition in March, 1922—nearlyeight years. The lesion involved thetibia and showed the bowing and in-creased t
. Journal of radiology . flam-matory process, or, it may persist as athickening of the bone, or it may, if thefocus of infection is not removed, goon to the typical picture of osteitis de-formans first described years ago byPaget. While arthritis deformans in adultsis a common observation, Pagets ostei-tis deformans is rare. Pagets Osteitis DeformansI have a record of but a single case(Pathol., No. 21812-1/2. ). This patient was observed inJuly, 1913. and remains in the samecondition in March, 1922—nearlyeight years. The lesion involved thetibia and showed the bowing and in-creased thickening of the cortical layeras described by Paget. The patient wasa white male, aged fifty-eight, and theossifying periostitis of the tibia de-veloped gradually after a contusion. Itwas of two years duration when I firstsaw the patient. The Wassermann wasnegative, antiluetic treatment had noeffect; no search was made for foci ofinfection. The patient still suffers from 10 INFECTIOUS OSSIFYING PERIOSTITIS—BLOODGOOD. L
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