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case_images: Radiographs of pathological subtrochanteric fracture of right femur.
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case_images: Radiographs confirmed a subtrochanteric fracture of her femur through an area of lytic bone (Figure 1).
case_images: Reconstruction intramedullary nail right femur.
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case_images: Surgical intervention was conducted for the pathologic fracture: the patient underwent closed intramedullary reconstruction nailing of her femur with bipolar static locking (Figure 2).
case_images: Histopathological examination showing giant cells mixed with mononuclear cells devoid of atypia consisting with hyperparathyroidism (high magnification).
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case_images: She made an uncomplicated recovery from surgery and the histological findings confirmed the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism with brown tumor (Figure 3).
case_images: Radiograph of the left femur showing multiple lytic lesions.
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case_images: Additional radiographs showed asymptomatic lytic lesions in the left femur (Figure 4).