Big-head disease: Uremic leontiasis ossea

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Big-head disease: Uremic leontiasis ossea S. Kumar, R. Thuraisingham, M. Yaqoob  Kidney International  Volume 69, Issue 10, (May 2006) DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001526 Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Photograph of the patient, showing bulging of malar bones and widening of nares. Kidney International 2006 69, DOI: (10.1038/sj.ki.5001526) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Plain radiograph of the skull, revealing hyperostosis of the facial and calvarial bones (arrows). Kidney International 2006 69, DOI: (10.1038/sj.ki.5001526) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Computed tomograph of the skull, revealing brown tumor of the maxilla (arrows). Kidney International 2006 69, DOI: (10.1038/sj.ki.5001526) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions