title: Lytic lesions in a patient with past history of renal cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study lytic lesions in a patient with past history of renal cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 62 year-old man was admitted to hospital for investigation of the cause of polyostotic bone pain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Brown tumors due to hyperparathyroidism turned out to be the cause of bone pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differential diagnosis is important in daily practice in order to provide a correct treatment for each condition.
authors: Urology Department, Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. asebio@santpau.cat
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Sebio
authors: Lidia
authors: L
authors: Robert
authors: Diana
authors: D
authors: Ovejero
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Murata
authors: Ivana
authors: I
authors: Sullivan
authors: Agostina
authors: A
authors: Stradella
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: Maroto
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010002:Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica