TY - JOUR
T1 - Brown tumor in young chronic kidney disease patient
T2 - A rare case report
AU - Kumar, Mathangi
AU - Vineetha, Ravindranath
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Ravindranath Vineetha.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Introduction: Brown tumors are focal bone lesions that occur in hyperparathyroidism. These tumors occur in any part of the skeleton but craniofacial involvement is rare. Case Report: We report a case of a 26-year-old male with a known history of chronic kidney disease who reported with a complaint of a painless, slow growing, swelling on the left side of lower face. Blood picture revealed extremely elevated levels of parathyroid hormone. Panoramic radiograph showed a well-defined, unilocular radiolucency in the posterior mandible. Discussion: Skeletal involvement due to secondary hyperparathyroidism is a well-known phenomenon. Involvement of the crani-ofacial skeleton is rare and the jaw bones is even rarer. Brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism is a slow growing, self-limiting lesions and resolves as the systemic condition improves. Conclusion: It is important that dentists are aware and alert about this untoward pathology secondary to the coexisting comor-bidities of CKD.
AB - Introduction: Brown tumors are focal bone lesions that occur in hyperparathyroidism. These tumors occur in any part of the skeleton but craniofacial involvement is rare. Case Report: We report a case of a 26-year-old male with a known history of chronic kidney disease who reported with a complaint of a painless, slow growing, swelling on the left side of lower face. Blood picture revealed extremely elevated levels of parathyroid hormone. Panoramic radiograph showed a well-defined, unilocular radiolucency in the posterior mandible. Discussion: Skeletal involvement due to secondary hyperparathyroidism is a well-known phenomenon. Involvement of the crani-ofacial skeleton is rare and the jaw bones is even rarer. Brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism is a slow growing, self-limiting lesions and resolves as the systemic condition improves. Conclusion: It is important that dentists are aware and alert about this untoward pathology secondary to the coexisting comor-bidities of CKD.
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SN - 2377-8075
VL - 8
SP - 3194
EP - 3195
JO - International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science
JF - International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science
IS - 7
ER -