Multiple brown tumors as a result of hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal disease: a case report
Moncef Sellami, Yosr Chaabouni
Corresponding author: Moncef Sellami, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia| Sfax Medical School,University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia 
Received: 17 Feb 2017 - Accepted: 07 Mar 2017 - Published: 14 Mar 2017
Domain: Nephrology,Otolaryngology (ENT)
Keywords: Brown tumor, chronic renal disease, hyperparathyroidism
©Moncef Sellami et al. Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cite this article: Moncef Sellami et al. Multiple brown tumors as a result of hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal disease: a case report. Pan African Medical Journal. 2017;26:144. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.144.12026]
Available online at: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/26/144/full
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Multiple brown tumors as a result of hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal disease: a case report
Multiple brown tumors as a result of hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal disease: a case report
Moncef Sellami 1,2,&, Yosr Chaabouni 2,3
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia, 2Sfax Medical School,University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, 3Department of Nephrology, Research Unit UR12ES14. Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunis
&Corresponding author
Moncef Sellami, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia| Sfax Medical School,University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
The brown tumor or Osteitis fibrosa cystica is a benign bone lesion that caused by hyperparathyroidism.This complication has been decreased by diagnosis and successful treatment of hyperparathyroidism. The brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism results from a metabolic disorder that affects long bones, ribs, and pelvis. The maxillary involvement is rare. Parathyroidectomy is a good choice for patients with high parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and diffuse brown Tumor leading to a gradual decrease in the maxillary tumors. We report the case of a 50-year-old woman with Chronic renal failure presented with a one-year history of slowly enlarging mass of the left cheek after 17 years of maintenance hemodialysis. The physical examination revealed a mass of the left jaw and the infraorbital region associated with a left exophthalmia. The mass was soft in consistency and tender on palpation. Her serum PTH Concentration was 4830 pg/ml and her calcemia was normal. The computed tomography (CT) of the facial skeleton showed multiple osteolytic lesions of the maxillary sinuses and mandibular bone suggestive of brown tumors. The expansive lesion of the left maxillary bone had an extensive involvement of the left maxilla and the maxillary sinus. The patient underwent a subtotal parathyroidectomy. The PTH concentration 1 hour after the surgery confirmed a level within the normal range. At 12-month follow-up, there was an improvement of the exophthalmia and partial regression of the tumors.
Figure 1: (A) swelling in the left cheek and the infraorbital region; (B ) axial CT scan image shows a destructive lesion of the left maxillary sinus associated to a lesion of the posterior wall of the right maxillary sinus (arrow); (C) coronal CT scan image shows an extensive involvement of the left maxilla and maxillary sinus associated to mandibular tumors (arrow)
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