Paget's disease in a Bedouin: Successful management with calcitonin and sodium etidronate

ABSTRACT

We describe a Bedouin suffering from Paget's disease. This is the first reported case occurring in the Arabian peninsula. He responded successfully to treatment with salmon calcitonin initially and subsequently a combination of salmon calcitonin and sodium etidronate, both of which were withdrawn after the serum alkaline phosphatase returned to normal