Tumor-induced osteomalacia.

Abstract

Tumor-induced osteomalacia, also known as oncogenic osteomalacia, is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome in which vitamin D resistant osteomalacia occurs due to the presence of a tumor. The following case report describes a young woman who seeks a second opinion from a rheumatologist and is found to have oncogenic osteomalacia. Not often discussed in the rheumatology literature, oncogenic osteomalacia is a rare and interesting disease entity in which diagnosis is often more challenging than treatment.

• Authors: Mala Kaul, Miriam Silverberg, Edward F Dicarlo, Robert Schneider, Anne R Bass, Doruk Erkan
• Journal: Clinical rheumatology (Clin Rheumatol) Vol. 26 Issue 9 Pg. 1575-9 (Sep 2007) ISSN: 0770-3198 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17225058 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Humans
• Hypophosphatemia
• Mesenchymoma (complications)
• Osteomalacia (diagnosis, etiology)
• Soft Tissue Neoplasms (complications)