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Case Reports
. 2016 Mar 18;6(1):46-52.
doi: 10.1159/000444703. eCollection 2016 Jan-Apr.

Brown Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Özgür Can  1 , Başak Boynueğri  1 , Ali Murat Gökçe  2 , Ebru Özdemir  3 , Ferhat Ferhatoğlu  4 , Mustafa Canbakan  1 , Gülizar Manga Şahin  1 , Mesut İzzet Titiz  5 , Süheyla Apaydın  6
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Case Reports

Brown Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Özgür Can et al. Case Rep Nephrol Dial. .

Abstract

Brown tumors are focal bone lesions, encountered in patients with uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism. They can be located in any part of the skeleton. Clinically significant lesions in the craniofacial bones are rare. Craniofacial involvement may cause facial disfiguration and compromise social ease of the patient and normal functions, such as chewing, talking, and breathing. In this case report, we present a patient with a brown tumor of the craniofacial bones provoked by secondary hyperparathyroidism and review the last 10 years of craniofacial brown tumors associated with secondary hyperparathyroidism in the English literature.

Keywords: Brown tumors; Craniofacial involvement; Secondary hyperparathyroidism; Treatment.

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Apperance of the brown tumor before surgery.
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Sagittal magnetic resonance imaging scan showed that the brown tumor originated from the mandibular and maxillar bones (white arrow).
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Parathyroid scan showed increased uptake in the parathyroid glands.
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