Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of brown tumor secondary to parathyroid adenoma

Brown tumor (BT) is caused by altered metabolism of calcium resulting from hyperparathyroidism (primary or secondary). The most common cause of hyperparathyroidism is isolated parathyroid adenoma (PA), and the most common symptoms are hypercalcemia related. BT is considered as a late manifestation o...

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Main Authors: Sandeep S. Ojha, Jyoti Valecha, Abhishek Sharma, Ramrao Nilkanthe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/JLP.JLP_3_17