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BMJ Case Rep ; 20172017 May 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28554885

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A 58-year-old female patient presented with several weeks history of significant bilateral knee pain. Initial knee radiographs demonstrated lucencies of the bony cortex while extensive osteolytic lesions on a routine chest radiograph were suggestive of multiple myeloma or bony metastases. Biochemical investigation revealed primary hyperparathyroidism with renal insufficiency. A parathyroid adenoma was demonstrated on a neck ultrasound and sestamibi scan and subsequently confirmed by histology. We illustrate a case of primary hyperparathyroidism with osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumours which were initially mistaken for malignant disease.


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Adenoma/diagnostic imaging , Hyperparathyroidism, Primary/pathology , Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica/diagnostic imaging , Osteolysis/diagnostic imaging , Parathyroid Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Adenoma/pathology , Adenoma/surgery , Aftercare , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Hyperparathyroidism, Primary/blood , Hyperparathyroidism, Primary/complications , Knee Joint/diagnostic imaging , Knee Joint/pathology , Middle Aged , Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica/complications , Pain/diagnosis , Pain/etiology , Parathyroid Neoplasms/pathology , Parathyroid Neoplasms/surgery , Radiography/methods , Radionuclide Imaging/methods , Treatment Outcome , Ultrasonography/methods
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