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Leontiasis ossea in a patient with hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic renal failure

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Osteitis fibrosa describes the bone changes seen in renal osteodystrophy secondary to longstanding hyperparathyroidism. We report a 19-year-old man with longstanding chronic renal failure with a severe form of osteitis fibrosa affecting the jaws and other maxillofacial bones causing bizarre facial and dental deformity in a patient–uraemic leontiasis ossea.

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  1. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

    Levent Aggunlu, Sergin Akpek & Bilgen Coskun

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Aggunlu, L., Akpek, S. & Coskun, B. Leontiasis ossea in a patient with hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic renal failure. Pediatr Radiol 34, 630–632 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-004-1188-6

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