title: "An exophytic mandibular brown tumor": an unusual presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: METHODS
  A case of 35-year-old male patient with previously undiagnosed primary hyperparathyroidism who presented with an atypical exophytic mandibular swelling is reported.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim is to alert the clinicians to include this entity although extremely rare, in the differential diagnosis of swellings in the maxillofacial region and to highlight another remarkable aspect in the multitude of presentations associated with primary hyperparathyroidism especially in the setting of normocalcemia.
authors: Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, KLE VK institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Belgaum, India. punnya_angadi@rediffmail.com
authors: Punnya V
authors: PV
authors: Angadi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Rekha
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Shetty
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D049950:Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010002:Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic