The Department of Endocrinology, 
Bilateral maxillary brown tumours as the first presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism.
- Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery Vol. 12 · Issue 2 · pp. 97-100
PMID 18618167 DOI 10.1007/s10006-008-0105-9
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Felix Jebasingh, Jubbin Jagan Jacob, Apoorva Shah, Thomas V Paul, Mandalam S Seshadri. Bilateral maxillary brown tumours as the first presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral and maxillofacial surgery. 2008;12(2):97-100. doi:10.1007/s10006-008-0105-9
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Symptomatic skeletal disease in primary hyperparathyroidism is over 30 times more common in India compared to the west. The classical "brown tumour" is commonly seen with the major sites being ends of long bones, the pelvis and ribs. Facial involvement is rare and, when present, usually involves the mandible.
CASE REPORT: We report a 68-year-old gentleman with a rare initial presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism with bilateral maxillary brown tumours.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Successful parathyroid surgery resulted in a regression in the tumours. The report highlights the need to consider primary hyperparathyroidism in the initial differential diagnosis of bony lesions of the jaw.
Keywords
- Adenoma
- Aged
- Functional Laterality
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
- Granuloma
- Giant Cell
- Humans
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Primary
- Male
- Maxillary Diseases
- Maxillary Neoplasms
- Parathyroid Neoplasms
