{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: PARATHYROID ADENOMA PRESENTING AS MULTIPLE BROWN TUMORS AND SEVERE ASYMPTOMATIC HYPERCALCEMIA.
{Author}: Wasnik DV;Khot RS;Joshi PP;Rathod BD;Narang U;Ratnaparkhi C;
{Journal}: Acta Endocrinol (Buchar)
{Volume}: 19
{Issue}: 4
{Year}: 2023 Oct-Dec
{Factor}: 1.104
{DOI}: 10.4183/aeb.2023.508
{Abstract}: <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Primary hyperparathyroidism may have several presentations, varying from an incidental asymptomatic biochemical finding to gastrointestinal, psychiatric, renal and bone manifestations. Brown tumors are rare non-neoplastic lesions because of abnormal bone metabolism. Herein, we describe a patient who presented with lytic bony lesions and severe asymptomatic hypercalcemia due to parathyroid adenoma.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A 38-year-old male presented with multiple painful bony lesions over upper and lower limbs. Radiographs of long bones showed multiple lytic lesions with cortical thinning. Investigations revealed hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism. A radionuclide scan showed parathyroid adenoma. The patient was treated for hypercalcemia and a parathyroidectomy was performed.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>In a patient presenting with multiple bony swellings and asymptomatic hypercalcemia, hyperparathyroidism should be suspected. Parathyroid adenoma is a treatable cause of primary hyperparathyroidism.