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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2016; 15(01): 56-58
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.167598
Case report

Multiple brown tumors caused by a parathyroid adenoma mimicking metastatic bone disease from giant cell tumor

Rohit Phulsunga
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
,
Rahul Parghane
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
,
Rajendra Kanojia
1   Department of Orthopedics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
,
Debasis Gochhait
2   Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
,
Ashwani Sood
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
,
Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
,
Bhagwant Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India
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Brown tumor affects multiple bones in the body with variable clinical symptoms, which may be misdiagnosed as multiple bone metastases or primary bone tumor. In the present case report, we report the usefulness of 99mTc-MDP bone scan and 99mTc-MIBI whole body scan in differentiating brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism from giant cell tumor.

Keywords

Bone scan - brown tumor - giant cell tumor - 99mTc MIBI scan - primary hyperparathyroidism


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19 May 2022

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