TY - JOUR
T1 - Vertebral localization of a brown tumor
T2 - description of a case and review of the literature.
AU - Paderni, S.
AU - Bandiera, S.
AU - Boriani, S.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The authors report a case of a female aged 45 years submitted to a long period of hemodialysis, affected with brown tumor of the lumbar spine. Brown tumor must be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of osteolytic lesions of the skeleton, particularly in young, nephropathic women undergoing hemodialysis. Brown tumor has a more favorable prognosis as compared to other lesions that have similar clinical and radiographic findings, such as metastatic lesions and giant cell tumors. In the case of brown tumor, in addition to treating lesion of the spine, treatment varying depending on neurological findings and biomechanical complications (structural collapse, segmental kyphosis, pathologic fracture, etc.), removal of the parathyroids and correction of the metabolic alterations is indispensable.
AB - The authors report a case of a female aged 45 years submitted to a long period of hemodialysis, affected with brown tumor of the lumbar spine. Brown tumor must be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of osteolytic lesions of the skeleton, particularly in young, nephropathic women undergoing hemodialysis. Brown tumor has a more favorable prognosis as compared to other lesions that have similar clinical and radiographic findings, such as metastatic lesions and giant cell tumors. In the case of brown tumor, in addition to treating lesion of the spine, treatment varying depending on neurological findings and biomechanical complications (structural collapse, segmental kyphosis, pathologic fracture, etc.), removal of the parathyroids and correction of the metabolic alterations is indispensable.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14584320
AN - SCOPUS:0642312529
VL - 88
SP - 83
EP - 91
JO - Chirurgia degli Organi di Movimento
JF - Chirurgia degli Organi di Movimento
SN - 0009-4749
IS - 1
ER -