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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1651-1653
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Brown tumor of the sternum

Chiung-Lun Kao, MD*a, Jen-Ping Chang, MDa, Jui-Wei Lin, MDa, Cheng-Ching Lin, MDa

a Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Accepted for publication September 3, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Kao, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Rd, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China
e-mail: sa11421{at}adm.cgmh.org.tw

The skeletal changes of severe hyperparathyroidism, known as osteitis fibrosa cystica, are now rarely encountered, because hyperparathyroidism is currently being diagnosed and treated at an early stage. Herein, a case of brown tumor of the sternum is reported; our report adds histologic data on this type of tumor to the literature.






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