Tumor-induced osteomalacia with elevated fibroblast growth factor 23: a case of phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor mixed with connective tissue variants and review of the literature
Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO), or oncogenic osteomalacia (OOM), is a rare acquired Paraneoplastic disease characterized by renal phosphate wasting and hypophosphatemia. Recent evidence shows that tumor-overexpressed fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is responsible for the hypophosphatemia and o...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013303/ |