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Brown tumor in children with normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism: a report of two cases
Ramazan Erkin Unlü1, Elmas Abaci, Metin Kerem
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|January 25, 2003
Abstract:
Brown tumor is an important sign of a number of metabolic bone diseases. Normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism, a rare childhood pathologic finding, reveals itself with brown tumors as the only initial sign. In this study, two cases of normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism accompanied by mandibular brown tumors are presented.