Multiple brown tumors represent a rare variant of osteitis fibrosa cystica. Brown tumors are associated with primary, secondary, or tertiary hyperparathyroidism. Brown tumors have been reported in patients with chronic kidney disease resulting in mineral
José Carlos De La Flor Merino +6 more
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Large parathyroid adenomas: Potential mechanisms to reconcile adenoma size and disease phenotype [PDF]
Parathyroid adenomas weighing more than 3.5 g are reported variously as atypical , large or giant parathyroid adenomas. All such adenomas are rare variants accounting for no more than 1.5% of all parathyroid adenomas.
Athimulam, Shobana +7 more
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Multiple bone fractures with a hidden aetiology-A case report
A patient presented with fracture of multiple bones, on investigations, showed primary hyperparathyroidism due to an adenoma in the inferior parathyroid gland. The bones showed typical changes of hyperparathyroidism in the form of osteitis fibrosa.
P. Sankaran Jayalakshmy +2 more
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Unusual body weight loss due to primary hyperparathyroidism: A case study with literature review
Brown tumors (osteitis fibrosa cystica) are rare pathognomonic signs that occur in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Brown tumors can exist in multiple bones and can easily be misdiagnosed as a metastatic tumor or multiple myeloma.
Yan-Yu Lin +5 more
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Bone health in patients undergoing surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]
Background: Increased bone resorption is a well-described consequence of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). In South Africa, little is known about the impact of PHPT on skeletal health.Objective: To determine the prevalence of decreased bone mineral ...
Beviss-Challinor, K. +5 more
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LONG-LASTING ADVANCED PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM ASSOCIETED WITH END-STAGE RENAL FAILURE IN A DIABETIC PATIENT [PDF]
In this report we explain a case of primary hyperparathyroidism in a 45 years old diabetic woman that was initially presented with recurrent nephrolithiasis of more than 10 years duration leading to right complete and left partial nephrectomy and ...
H. Nasri A. Baradaran
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Spontaneous healing of osteitis fibrosa cystica in primary hyperparathyroidism [PDF]
Summary A 24-year-old man with primary hyperparathyroidism and osteitis fibrosa cystica developed acute hypocalcaemia. Spontaneous healing of his bone disease was confirmed radiographically and by correction of the serum alkaline phosphatase.
C. J. Gibbs, J. G. B. Millar, J. Smith
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Abstract Chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder (CKD‐MBD) is a major complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD), characterized by disruptions in mineral metabolism, abnormal bone turnover and vascular calcification, which collectively increase the risk of fractures and cardiovascular disease.
Alief Waitupu +4 more
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Management of adynamic bone disease in chronic kidney disease: A brief review
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) work group released recommendations in 2006 to define the bone-related pathology associated with chronic kidney disease as renal osteodystrophy.
Swathi K. Sista, Seth M. Arum
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A rare case of “Brown tumor” of the axis with parathyroid adenoma and tertiary hyperparathyroidism
“Brown tumors (BTs)” of the spine are benign rare lesions, seen in about 5%–13% of all patients with chronic hyperparathyroidism (HPT). They are not true neoplasms and are also known as osteitis fibrosa cystica or occasionally osteoclastoma. Radiological
Umesh Srikantha +3 more
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