Open AccessCraniofacial brown tumor as a result of secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal disease patient: A rare entity
Author(s) -
Pradhuman Verma,
Kanika Verma,
Dinesh Verma,
Nitin Patwardhan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.140779
Subject(s) - brown tumor , medicine , differential diagnosis , secondary hyperparathyroidism , hyperparathyroidism , osteitis fibrosa cystica , craniofacial , maxilla , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , pathology , rare disease , chronic renal disease , primary hyperparathyroidism , disease , surgery , anatomy , biology , parathyroid hormone , botany , psychiatry , genus , calcium
Brown tumors are erosive bony lesions caused by rapid osteoclastic activity and peritrabecular fibrosis due to primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism resulting in a local destructive phenomenon. The differential diagnosis based on histological examination is only presumptive. Clinical, radiological and laboratory data are necessary for definitive diagnosis. Here, we report a very rare case of brown tumor involving maxilla and mandible, which is the result of secondary hyperparathyroidism in 30-year-old female patient with chronic renal disease.