Open AccessMultiple brown tumors mistaken for bone metastases. Computed tomography imaging findings
Author(s) -
Luz María Morán,
Mojdeh Moeinvaziri,
A. Bueso Fernández,
Rosario Sánchez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine /the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2016.03.001
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomography , radiology , nuclear medicine
In daily practice, when multiple osteolytic lesions are seen on imaging studies, metastatic bone disease is the first diagnostic impression. We herein present a case of a 45-year-old man, without any known tumor, who was evaluated for multiple osteolytic lesions with a strong suspicion of bone metastasis, but the radiological and biochemical findings suggested a hyperparathyroidism. Therefore, whenever multiple osteolytic lesions are found in a patient without any known tumor, metabolic bone diseases including hyperparathyroidism should be highly considered