ArticleBMJ case reports2021
Brown tumour mimicking skeletal metastasis.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Severe Hypocalcemia in Hungry Bone Syndrome After Parathyroid Surgery: A Case Study and Review.The American journal of case reports · 2026Review
- Bone in Parathyroid Diseases Revisited: Evidence From Epidemiological, Surgical and New Drug Outcomes.Endocrine reviews · 2025Review
- Brown tumor causing pathologic fracture of the ipsilateral femur and pelvis in a pregnant woman: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Use of bone-SPECT/CT and Na[Frontiers in nuclear medicine · 2025Review
- Check the Calcium first in any Bone Lesion: Brown Tumour of the Talus Misinterpreted as Giant Cell Tumour.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2025Article
- Forestalling Hungry Bone Syndrome after Parathyroidectomy in Patients with Primary and Renal Hyperparathyroidism.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Parathyroid adenoma with rare severe pathological osteolytic lesion: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Pathological ankle fracture due to brown tumour: atypical presentation of low serum vitamin D with normal parathyroid hormone and bone profile.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Multiple Bone Cysts Caused by Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Cancer diagnosis & prognosisArticle
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Abstract
Brown tumours of bone are highly vascular osteolytic lesions that depict a reparative cellular process instead of a neoplastic process in hyperparathyroidism (HPT) patients. These tumours have the potential to be aggressive and destructive. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who presented with left thigh and lower back pain. The radiological evaluation showed multiple bony lesions in the pelvis and the spine, which mimicked multiple metastatic tumours. However, on biochemistry evaluation, serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, and parathyroid hormone were all high, while serum phosphate was low, indicating primary HPT (PHPT), which was confirmed by parathyroid scintigraphy showing left parathyroid adenoma. Hence, the bony lesions were diagnosed as brown tumours secondary to PHPT. The patient underwent parathyroidectomy and developed severe hungry bone syndrome requiring parenteral calcium infusion along with oral calcium and active vitamin D supplementation. The clinical symptoms of bone pain improved after surgery.
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