[Ultrasonic study of the brain circulation in patients with Paget's disease. Preliminary results]

The authors present a preliminary study on ultrasonic measurement of flow rate, using the Doppler effect, in patients suffering from Paget's disease of the cranium. In the 12 patients studied there was external carotid hypervascularization with a continuous flow in the superficial temporal artery. Even though only a few cases have been studied, there seems to be a close correlation between the levels of hydroxy prolinuria and of alkaline phosphatasaemia and thus between the evolution of the disease and the index of resistance. The value of this non-traumatic method in the therapeutic surveillance of Paget's disease of the cranium is beyond doubt.