NDT Advance Access published online on April 23, 2007
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm232
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Renal osteodystrophy manifesting as localized enlargement of the jaw
Disciplina de Patologia Bucal, Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Patrícia Leite de Godoi Adachi, DDS, MS, Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry-FOUSP, Av: Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2227 Cidade Universitária, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, Brazil. Email: paricardo@usp.br
Keywords: jaw enlargement; osteitis fibrosa; renal osteodystrophy; secondary hyperparathyroidism
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A 39-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of expanding masses in both the upper and lower jaw. The lesions had enlarged slowly without pain. She had chronic renal disease (CRD) and had been receiving haemodialysis three times a week for 4 years.
On examination, circumscribed swellings covered by
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