Fig. 2From: Osteitis fibrosa cystica mimicking bone tumor, a case reportInitial single-row detector computed tomography (CT) of the pelvis showing extensive lytic lesion, affecting the entire right iliac bone, with destruction of bone cortices and the presence of some normal bony streaks. This lesion is spontaneously hyperdense (130 UH). There is also diffuse bone enlargement without the coarsened trabecular pattern found in Paget disease (a). Ten months after parathyroidectomy (b), CT shows advanced healing of the lytic lesion of the right iliac bone with complete reconstruction of bone cortices (small arrows) and formation of intra medullary, thickened bone septaBack to article page