OBJECTIVE
To describe a rare clinical presentation of necrosis of a parathyroid adenoma, manifesting as fever of unknown origin.
METHODS
We present a case report, including detailed clinical and laboratory data, of a patient with previously undiagnosed primary hyperparathyroidism in whom necrosis of
BACKGROUND
Brown tumors are a rare focal manifestation of osteitis fibrosa cystica, which results from hyperparathyroidism. Chronic kidney failure may lead to secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism and thus to osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumors.
METHODS
A 60-year-old man with a history of
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