Unique imaging findings in the facial bones of renal osteodystrophy.
Facial skeletal changes associated with hyperparathyroidism assume 3 radiographic patterns: osteitis fibrosa cystica, fibrous dysplasia, and leontiasis ossea. The 3rd pattern is unique to renal osteodystrophy. We report a case of uremic leontiasis ossea with CT images illustrating significant hypertrophy of the jaws with serpiginous tunneling within the bone and poor visualization of the cortical bone.
Chang
J I
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA.
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Lawson
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D000328:Adult; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007568:Jaw / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010159:Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed