1985/04/01 by Carolyn W. Watson, Pamela D. Unger, Mamoru Kaneko +1 · 2 citations
Medicine · #Bone health and treatments #Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies #Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments #Osteitis fibrosa cystica #Medicine #Giant cell #Brown tumor #Osteitis #Pigmented villonodular synovitis #Hyperparathyroidism #Pathology #Giant Cell Tumors #Biopsy #Fine-needle aspiration #Pseudogout #Parathyroid carcinoma #Primary hyperparathyroidism #Cytology #Anatomy #Carcinoma #Secondary hyperparathyroidism #Surgery #Osteomyelitis #Synovitis #Calcium #Internal medicine #Parathyroid hormone #Arthritis
paper · doi:10.1002/dc.2840010212
openalex publication_date 1985/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
The cytology findings of a fine needle aspiration biopsy from osteitis fibrosa cystica (brown tumor) of the rib in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid carcinoma are discussed. Many multinucleated osteoclast-type giant cells, characteristic of either osteitis fibrosa cystica or benign giant cell tumor of bone, were noted. There were also spindly or fibrillary cells with single, ovoid nuclei, probably of stromal origin.