title: Leontiasis ossea in a patient with hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic renal failure.
abstract: Osteitis fibrosa describes the bone changes seen in renal osteodystrophy secondary to longstanding hyperparathyroidism. We report a 19-year-old man with longstanding chronic renal failure with a severe form of osteitis fibrosa affecting the jaws and other maxillofacial bones causing bizarre facial and dental deformity in a patient-uraemic leontiasis ossea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey. laggunlu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aggunlu
authors.forename: Sergin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akpek
authors.forename: Bilgen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coskun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D006957:Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000209:etiology*; D007568:Jaw / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010000:Osteitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography