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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2017

Unusual pathological fracture of the clavicle revealing primary hyperparathyroidism: a case report.

Yassir Benameur, Hasnae Guerrouj, Imad Ghfir, Nouzha Ben Rais Aouad

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yassir BenameurDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. Benameur.yassir@gmail.com.
Hasnae GuerroujDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Imad GhfirDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Nouzha Ben Rais AouadDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohammed V University · MA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrimary hyperparathyroidism revealed by a pathological fracture is very uncommon; in the majority of cases the discovery of lytic bone lesions on imaging examinations evokes in the clinician first a neoplastic etiology and a metabolic origin is often omitted. This case report adds to the existing literature as it describes an unusual presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 50-year-old Moroccan man, without any known tumor, who presented a fracture of his left clavicle with multiple osteolytic lesions on computed tomography suggesting bone metastases. However, bone scintigraphy oriented the diagnosis to a metabolic pathology by showing a metabolic bone "super scan" with increased tracer uptake in the left clavicle; parathyroid scintigraphy was able to localize pathological right parathyroid tissue.

conclusionsWhenever multiple osteolytic lesions are found in a patient without any known tumor, metabolic bone diseases including hyperparathyroidism should be highly considered.

Indexed as

AdenomaBone NeoplasmsClavicleDiagnosis, DifferentialFractures, SpontaneousHumansHyperparathyroidism, PrimaryMaleMiddle AgedParathyroid NeoplasmsRadionuclide ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedBone scintigraphyOsteolytic bone metastasesParathyroid scintigraphyPathological fracturePrimary hyperparathyroidism

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PMID29221466
PMCPMC5723077
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