Multimodality Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia.

Electrolyte Disorders Associated With Cancer

“…Because of their small size and slow growth rate, it is not uncommon for the tumor to remain occult, thereby warranting more extensive imaging studies. 58,59 F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) is favored at our institution, but 111 Indium octreotide scintigraphy has also been useful. Because of the lack of specificity in these scans, especially FDG-PET/CT, follow-up imaging with standard computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is essential.…”

Tumour induced osteomalacia: a diagnostic challenge and its implications in orthopaedic surgery

“…25 Due to non-specific symptoms and uncommon nature of the disorder, the period from clinical detection of osteomalacia to actually diagnosing the tumour, averages to a mean duration of 5 years. 26 Clinical presentation includes bone fractures, bone and muscular pains, and sometimes loss of height and even weight. Weight loss is not common but can be seen because of general debilitated state of the patient because of poor nutrient intake and loss of muscle mass.…”

Osteomalacia tumoral. Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

“…Si bien, la mayoría de casos describen que los tumores mesenquimales secretores de FGF-23 son pequeños y de difícil localización (3,4) sión de positrones con fluordesoxiglucosa. Algunos autores han reportado la poca utilidad de la gammagrafía ósea con tecnecio MIBI y la inducción de errores en curso de la localización de la lesión tumoral, como inicialmente ocurrió en nuestro caso, al interpretar las hipercaptaciones en las placas de crecimiento de las extremidades como zonas sospechosas de metástasis, que posiblemente corresponden a zonas de pseudorreactivación (1) .…”