Primary hyperparathyroidism causing putty kidney with brown tumor located in the pubic ramus

Primary hyperparathyroidism with brown tumor mimicking metastatic bone malignancy.

Bone and joint pain are commonly encountered conditions in daily practice. In the elderly, when osteolytic lesions are identified in imaging studies, metastatic bone tumor is the first impression that comes to the clinician's mind. Although the worst-case scenario should be ruled in, other differential diagnoses such as metabolic bone disease should be considered as well. We report a case of br...

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...

A Reference Finding Rarely Seen in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Brown Tumor

Primary hyperparathyroidism is an endocrinopathy which is characterized with the hypersecretion of parathormone. During the progress of the disease bone loss takes place due to resorption on the subperiosteal and endosteal surfaces. Brown tumor is a localized form of osteitis fibrosa cystica, being part of the hyperparathyroid bone disease. It is rarely the first symptom of hyperparathyroidism....

Maxillary and orbital brown tumor of primary hyperparathyroidism

BACKGROUND Brown tumors have rarely been described as involving the orbital bones. In this article we present the radiological and clinical properties, diagnosis and treatment of an orbital brown tumor case with primary HPT caused by parathyroid adenoma. CASE REPORT A 38-year-old woman presented with left-sided facial pain and history of leg pain from 1.5 years before that time, with walking ...

Stress fractures of the pubic ramus.