Case 23-1981

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Presentation of Case First admission. A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of inability to walk.There was a long history of Paget's disease of bone. Four years before admission urinary retention developed and led to the findings of a urethral stricture and benign prostatic hypertrophy. A urethrotomy was performed. An x-ray film of the chest showed a smooth, elongated paravertebral density parallel to the right cardiac border, interpreted as extraosseous Paget's disease. Two years before entry the patient returned to the hospital because of cellulitis of the left leg. Examination disclosed that the liver descended 4 . . .