Brown tumor of the maxilla in patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism

Brown Tumor of the Maxilla Revealing Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Brown tumor or localized form of osteitis fibrosa cystic is a focal lesion complicating hyperparathyroidism. It’s rarely revelatory of the clinical feature and corresponds to a mass with partly cystic and partly solid areas. A 65-year-old man, followed up for hypertension, complained of a progressive swelling in the left paranasal part of the face lasting for 3 months. Physical examination reve...

Bilateral maxillary osteoplasty with esthetic purpose in patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism-related brown tumor: case report

Introduction and Objective: To report a case of a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism that developed brown tumour in bilateral maxilla surgically managed with bilateral osteoplasty for aesthetic reasons. Case report: A 46 years-old woman patient with chronic kidney disease with complain of a painless bilateral growth on the maxilla, beginning 10 years before that ceased after surgical re...

Brown tumor in a patient with hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic renal failure.

Bilateral Brown Tumors of Maxilla with Primary Hyperparathyroidism

On examination, a 7-8 cm sized non-tender, immobile, smooth surfaced, hard mass was palpated beneath the right nasolabial fold. Another mass around 1-1.5 cm in size was palpated beneath the left nasolabial fold (Figure 1). Anterior rhinoscopy revealed a round, mucosal-covered mass extending along the floor and lateral wall of nose into the right nasal vestibule. No proptosis or extra-ocular mus...

Surgical approach and clinical outcome of a deforming brown tumor at the maxilla in a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure.

Brown tumors are relatively uncommon but they are serious complications of renal osteodystrophy. We describe a 31-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease who had undergone hemodialysis for nine years and developed severe secondary hyperparathyroidism and a maxilla brown tumor despite increasing doses of oral calcitriol and calcium carbonate. The fast increase of the right maxillary bone tum...