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CALLES COELLO, Oriana; HUNG, Seilee  y  PAOLI, Mariela. Brown tumors mimetizing bone metastasic disease as an initial presentation of a parathyroid carcinoma: About a case. Rev. Venez. Endocrinol. Metab. [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.98-105. ISSN 1690-3110.

Objective: To describe the unusual case of a patient with brown tumor, rare manifestation of hyperparathyroidism, as initial presentation of a parathyroid carcinoma. Case Report: Two years later evidence progression of the lesion, also appearance of new tumor in the right upper jaw, in addition to bone pain, limitation mobilization and pathological fractures in the humerus. In April 2015 the patient presents dysarthria and difficulty in feeding due to progression of the tumor in the oral cavity, in addition to bleeding at the site of injury, so it is hospitalized. Physical examination: tumor lesion in upper and lower jaw, which deforms the dental arch, with active bleeding that precludes complete occlusion of the mouth, with facial asymmetry. Limbs: asymmetry in both humerus. Paraclinical: PTH: 990 pg/mL, calcium: 13 mg/dL, alkaline phosphatase: 300 IU/L. Parathyroidectomy and left thyroid lobectomy was performed. Biopsy: parathyroid carcinoma. Months later, improvement in bone pain and lesion size was evident. Conclusions: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare neoplasm, the prevalence is less than 1% of cases of hyperparathyroidism, and the incidence is 0.015 per 10,000 cases. The brown tumor is a rare form of manifestation of hyperparathyroidism, reflecting a challenge in the differential diagnosis of a metastatic bone disease, and even more when the parathyroid carcinoma usually at the time of diagnosis already presents distant metastases.

Palabras clave : Parathyroid Carcinoma; Primary hyperparathyroidism; Tumor Pardo; osteitis fibrosa cystica.

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