Brown tumor diagnosed three years after parathyroidectomy in a patient with nail-patella syndrome: A case report

We report a 48-year-old Japanese man with a brown tumor of the right distal tibia. At the age of 25 years, hemodialysis was initiated due to nail-patella syndrome. Severe secondary hyperparathyroidism and osteoporosis progressed over time, so parathyroidectomy was performed at age 45. Spontaneous fr...

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Main Authors: Naoya Toriu, Toshiharu Ueno, Hiroki Mizuno, Akinari Sekine, Noriko Hayami, Rikako Hiramatsu, Keiichi Sumida, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Eiko Hasegawa, Tatsuya Suwabe, Junichi Hoshino, Naoki Sawa, Kenmei Takaichi, Takeshi Fujii, Tomoka Hasegawa, Norio Amizuka, Motoko Yanagita, Yoshifumi Ubara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Bone Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187218300573