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Severe jaw enlargement associated with uremic hyperparathyroidism
Author(s) -
TARRASS Faissal,
BENJELLOUN Meryem,
BENSAHA Tarik
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2008.00273.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal osteodystrophy , hemodialysis , hyperparathyroidism , complication , brown tumor , secondary hyperparathyroidism , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , surgery , parathyroid hormone , kidney disease , botany , genus , biology , calcium
Marked enlargement of the jaws is a rare complication of renal osteodystrophy. This report describes a localized enlargement of the mandible due to a brown tumor in a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Literature on jaw involvement in secondary hyperparathyroidism is reviewed.