Difference between revisions of "Chondro-osseous tumours"

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===Etiology===
===Etiology===
*Due to hyperparathyroidism - usually parathyroid adenoma.
*Due to hyperparathyroidism - usually parathyroid adenoma.
**Usually secondary to chronic renal failure.
*''Not'' a true neoplasm,<ref name=pmid16775919>{{cite journal |author=Meydan N, Barutca S, Guney E, ''et al.'' |title=Brown tumors mimicking bone metastases |journal=J Natl Med Assoc |volume=98 |issue=6 |pages=950–3 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16775919 |pmc=2569361 |doi= |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569361/?page=1 }}</ref> i.e. the name is a misnomer.
**May (clinically) mimic a true neoplasm.


===Microscopy===
===Microscopy===
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