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A 60-year-old man with chronic renal failure and a costal mass: a case report and review of the literature
INTRODUCTION: Brown tumors are a rare focal manifestation of osteitis fibrosa cystica, which results from hyperparathyroidism. Chronic kidney failure may lead to secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism and thus to osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old man with...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830164 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7285 |