Author/Authors :
Kalapala, Lavanya Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology - Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram, India , Keerthi sai, Surapaneni Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology - Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram, India , Babburi, Suresh Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology - Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram, India , Venigalla, Aparna Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology - Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram, India , Pinisetti, Soujanya Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology - Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram, India , Benarji Kotti, Ajay Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology - Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram, India , Ganipineni, Kiranmai Government Dental College, Vijayawada, India
Abstract :
Brown tumor is a rare nonneoplastic focal giant cell lesion that occurs in hyperparathyroidism patients with a prevalence rate of
0.1% in jaws. We report an extremely rare case of brown tumor in mandible of a 40-year-old female patient that presented as the
first clinical manifestation of hyperparathyroidism. Dentist played a pivotal role in the present case by the early diagnosis of lesion
and its intervention.
