Scanning electron microscopic observation of the brown tumor of the head of mandible.
Brown tumors are tumor-like, expansile osteolytic lesions of bone which are seen in both primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. They generally resolve after surgical treatment of the parathyroid adenoma. Here, we report a case of brown tumor of the mandible of a cadaver with its scanning electron microscopic observation and review of literature.
Tunali
Selcuk
S
Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Celik
Hamdi H
HH
Uslu
Sabri S
SS
Aldur
Mustafa M
MM
D002102:Cadaver; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010002:Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica / Q000175:diagnosis*