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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb 3;10(2):e05376.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5376. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Hyperparathyroidism: Unusual location of brown tumors

Alia Fazaa  1   2 , Yasmine Makhlouf  1   2 , Soussen Miladi  1   2 , Mariem Sellami  1   2 , Kmar Ouenniche  1   2 , Leila Souebni  1   2 , Selma Kassab  1   2 , Selma Chekili  1   2 , Kawther Ben Abdelghani  1   2 , Ahmed Laatar  1   2
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Case Reports

Hyperparathyroidism: Unusual location of brown tumors

Alia Fazaa et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Brown tumors (BTs) are due to a proliferation of multinucleated giant cells in osteolytic lesions. They complicate the course of hyperparathyroidism. Thanks to an early screening of bone metabolism disorders; BTs are nowadays rare bone manifestations. We demonstrate through these two cases reports unusual locations of BTs in hyperparathyroidism.

Keywords: brown tumors; hyperparathyroidism; hyperplasia; osteoporosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
A clinical picture showing (A): mandibular deformity, (B): a gingival hypertrophy
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
(A): X‐ray of the hip showing lytic lesions, (B): X‐ray of the head showing salt and pepper appearance
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
(A): clinical picture: right jaw swelling with dental malalignment, (B–D): enhanced computer tomography scan of the brown tumor within the mandible (yellow arrows): (B, D) Coronal and (C) axial
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
X‐ray of the lumbar spine showing a rugger jersey spine
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