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Paget's Disease
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Sir James Paget, a prolific surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, including:
- Paget’s disease of bone (most common use of Paget’s disease)
- Paget’s disease of the breast
- Paget-Schroetter disease
- Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD)
- Paget’s disease of the penis
- Paget’s disease of the vulva
- Perianal Paget’s disease
Physical examination
Physical examination
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Paget’s disease. With permission from Dermatology Atlas.[1]
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![Paget's disease. With permission from Dermatology Atlas.[1]](https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/File%3A5015.jpg)
![Paget's disease. With permission from Dermatology Atlas.[1]](https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/File%3A5021.jpg)