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ea0056p270 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ECE2018

Multiple brown tumors inprimary hyperparathyroidismcaused by an adenoma mimicking metastatic bone disease with false positive results on computed tomography

Pradhan Roma , Shrimor Prachi , Kharga Bikram

Introduction: Brown tumors are bone lesions that arise due to osteoclastic activity and may mimic a true neoplasm. We encountered an unusual case of hyperparathyroidism with multiple brown tumors that mimicked metastatic bone tumor due to false positive results on computed tomography (CT).Case: 60 year old gentleman presented to the medicine out patient department with complains of fever, cough and right chest pain. Due to severe chest infection he was a...