title: Brown Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Brown tumors are focal bone lesions, encountered in patients with uncontrolled hyperparathyroidism. They can be located in any part of the skeleton. Clinically significant lesions in the craniofacial bones are rare. Craniofacial involvement may cause facial disfiguration and compromise social ease of the patient and normal functions, such as chewing, talking, and breathing. In this case report, we present a patient with a brown tumor of the craniofacial bones provoked by secondary hyperparathyroidism and review the last 10 years of craniofacial brown tumors associated with secondary hyperparathyroidism in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nephrology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Can
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nephrology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Başak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boynueğri
authors.affiliation: Departments of General Surgery and Transplantation, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gökçe
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ortaköy Public Hospital, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Internal Medicine, Kartal Yavuz Selim Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferhatoğlu
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nephrology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canbakan
authors.affiliation: Departments of Nephrology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülizar Manga
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Şahin
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Namık Kemal University School of Medicine, Tekirdağ, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mesut İzzet
authors.initials: Mİ
authors.lastname: Titiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süheyla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apaydın
keywords: Brown tumors; Craniofacial involvement; Secondary hyperparathyroidism; Treatment