title: Brown tumor in children with normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism: a report of two cases.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ramazan Erkin
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Unlü
authors.forename: Elmas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abaci
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerem
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sensöz
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006485:Hemosiderin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010002:Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D006485:Hemosiderin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium