Paget's disease is described by tinnitus, bone pain, enlargement of bone, and thick bones. Which term matches this description?

• A. Scoliosis
• B. Hypertension
• C. Angina
• D. Paget's disease

Answer: (D)

Recognize a bone remodeling disorder that leads to enlarged, thickened bones and can involve the skull, causing tinnitus. Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans) fits this pattern because it involves abnormal bone turnover, producing bones that are larger and denser and can become deformed. When the skull bones thicken, tinnitus can occur due to pressure on the auditory system. The other options don’t describe bone enlargement or skull involvement: scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine, hypertension is high blood pressure, and angina is chest pain from reduced blood flow to the heart. So the term that matches this description is Paget's disease.