title: Brown tumor of the sacral spine in a patient with low-back pain.
abstract: We present a case of a 44-year-old woman with an unusual location of a brown tumor in the sacral vertebrae due to parathyroid adenoma. She was admitted to our clinic with the complaint of low-back pain and was later diagnosed to have a brown tumor. The patient underwent surgery and partial sacrectomy and iliac wing resection was performed in Orthopedic Surgery Department. Subsequently the patient underwent parathyroid adenoma excision in General Surgery Department. On her control examination at postoperative 3 months, she had no pain and was able to perform daily activities without any problem. We believe it is an interesting clinical case both because it shows a very rare localization of brown tumor and points out the importance of employing a wide clinical scope in the differential diagnosis of back pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Rheumatic Disease and Hydrotherapy Section, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Atatürk Rehabilitation Center, Kükürtlü cad. No. 98, 16080, Cekirge, Bursa, Turkey. lalealtan@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Lale
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Altan
authors.forename: Zübeyde
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kurtoğlu
authors.forename: Ulviye
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yalçinkaya
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydinli
authors.forename: Erdinç
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ertürk
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012447:Sacrum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome